Indigenous Movies

  • 2022
    Powerlands

    Powerlands

    Powerlands

    02022HD

    A young Navajo filmmaker investigates displacement of Indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that...

    Powerlands
  • 2020
    The Song of the Butterflies

    The Song of the Butterflies

    The Song of the Butterflies

    02020HD

    Rember Yahuarcani is an indigenous artist from the Uitoto Nation who lives in Lima, Peru. From his clan, the White Heron, only two families remain in...

    The Song of the Butterflies
  • 1998
    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

    01998HD

    This short documentary serves as a portrait of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, one of Canada's most important painters. We meet him at the Bisley Rifle...

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks
  • 2015
    Crash Site

    Crash Site

    Crash Site

    02015HD

    After her parents' death, Kaley must move from the reserve to the city to live with her older sister. After an argument, Kaley runs away to return...

    Crash Site
  • 1970
    The Return of Nóouhàh-Toka’na

    The Return of Nóouhàh-Toka’na

    The Return of Nóouhàh-Toka’na

    01970HD

    Nóouhàh-Toka’na, known as swift fox in English, once roamed the North American Great Plains from Canada to Texas. Like bison,...

    The Return of Nóouhàh-Toka’na
  • 2018
    Caribou in the Archive

    Caribou in the Archive

    Caribou in the Archive

    02018HD

    In Caribou in the Archive, rustic VHS home video of a Cree woman hunting caribou in the 1990s is combined with NFB archival film footage of northern...

    Caribou in the Archive
  • 2014
    No Word For Worry

    No Word For Worry

    No Word For Worry

    02014HD

    As a sea nomad, Hook grew up with the ocean as his universe. Now he must make a courageous voyage to salvage the remains of his dying culture

    No Word For Worry
  • 2021
    Lady Warrior

    Lady Warrior

    Lady Warrior

    02021HD

    This documentary follows a Cree woman as she takes on the Indian Relay race season, as well as the Canadian authorities in her quest to give Missing...

    Lady Warrior
  • 1972
    History of Manawan - Part Two

    History of Manawan - Part Two

    History of Manawan - Part Two

    01972HD

    Atikamekw elder Cézar Néwashish continues to recount the history of the community of Manawan that first began in The History of...

    History of Manawan - Part Two
  • 2004
    Two Worlds Colliding

    Two Worlds Colliding

    Two Worlds Colliding

    6.52004HD

    This documentary chronicles the story of Darrell Night, an Indigenous man who was dumped by two police officers in a barren field on the outskirts of...

    Two Worlds Colliding
  • 1999
    Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

    Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

    Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

    01999HD

    As the name of this short film promises, a filmmaker (Merata Mita), a cook (Anne Thorp) and a singer (Moana Maniapoto) sit down for an interview at...

    Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
  • 1970
    Rehab

    Rehab

    Rehab

    01970HD

    A First Nations man takes a famous actor back to the reserve to help him cope with his drug addiction.

    Rehab
  • 2023
    Cu-ckoo

    Cu-ckoo

    Cu-ckoo

    02023HD

    After moving to a new house, the hero meets an unknown girl-neighbor and immediately becomes a witness of inexplicable events. Trying to understand...

    Cu-ckoo
  • 2017
    Idle no More

    Idle no More

    Idle no More

    02017HD

    Ginger Côté uses the words of Heather Archibald, an activist who grew up in foster care and who died, to honor the memory of the young...

    Idle no More
  • 2015
    Mother Tongue

    Mother Tongue

    Mother Tongue

    02015HD

    "Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into...

    Mother Tongue
  • 2017
    Chocholteco. La niña de la lanilla

    Chocholteco. La niña de la lanilla

    Chocholteco. La niña de la lanilla

    02017HD

    Chocholteco. La niña de la lanilla
  • 2013
    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    02013HD

    TOKYO Ainu features the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, living in Greater Tokyo (Tokyo and its surrounding areas), who are and actively in...

    Tokyo Ainu
  • 2019
    nîpawistamâsowin : We Will Stand Up

    nîpawistamâsowin : We Will Stand Up

    nîpawistamâsowin : We Will Stand Up

    92019HD

    On August 9, 2016, a young Cree man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the back of his head after entering Gerald Stanley's rural property...

    nîpawistamâsowin : We Will Stand Up
  • 1977
    Kevin Alec

    Kevin Alec

    Kevin Alec

    01977HD

    In the mountainous country near Lillooet, British Columbia, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with...

    Kevin Alec
  • 1983
    Les six saisons des attikameks

    Les six saisons des attikameks

    Les six saisons des attikameks

    01983HD

    Les six saisons des attikameks