Indigenous Movies

  • 1959
    The Tahitian

    The Tahitian

    The Tahitian

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    A group of scientists are trying to stop a filaria epidemic spreading through a Tahitian population. They meet resistance in using western medicine to...

    The Tahitian
  • 1983
    Ikátena

    Ikátena

    Ikátena

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    Ikátena
  • 2021
    Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest (and the Secrets it Holds)

    Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest (and the Secrets it Holds)

    Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest (and the Secrets it Holds)

    02021HD

    The ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest are home to giant trees and many secrets, which science is just beginning to understand. But these forest...

    Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest (and the Secrets it Holds)
  • 1962
    An Indian Story

    An Indian Story

    An Indian Story

    01962HD

    Still photographs and narration give an overview of the history of the American Indian.

    An Indian Story
  • 2020
    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

    02020HD

    This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of sex-...

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status
  • 2021
    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

    02021HD

    Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidem...

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
  • 2022
    Miwene

    Miwene

    Miwene

    02022HD

    Steeped in the long oral tradition of Waorani storytelling, Gange Yeti shares her own coming-of-age story as a young Waorani woman living deep within...

    Miwene
  • 2012
    Paralelo 10

    Paralelo 10

    Paralelo 10

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    It portrays a pioneering and risky work carried out in a small Xinane base, by FUNAI, near Parallel 10º South, west of Acre, on the border with Peru....

    Paralelo 10
  • 2022
    Closeness to the Land

    Closeness to the Land

    Closeness to the Land

    02022HD

    In 2020, just as the pandemic was beginning, Gazala purchased land in western Ohio, on which sits a disused school building. This site allowed her to...

    Closeness to the Land
  • 2017
    First Daughter and the Black Snake

    First Daughter and the Black Snake

    First Daughter and the Black Snake

    52017HD

    The “Prophecy of the 7th Fire” says a “black snake” will bring destruction to the earth. For Winona LaDuke, the “black snake” is oil trains and pipeli...

    First Daughter and the Black Snake
  • 2022
    Still We Rise

    Still We Rise

    Still We Rise

    02022HD

    50 years on, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is the oldest continuing protest occupation site in the world. Taking a fresh lens this is a bold dive into a...

    Still We Rise
  • 2018
    Positions

    Positions

    Positions

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    An unapologetic and realist exploration of sexual desire, the quest for financial stability, and the pursuit of agency over one's own body.

    Positions
  • 2006
    Finding Dawn

    Finding Dawn

    Finding Dawn

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    Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh presents a compelling documentary that puts a human face on a national tragedy: the murders and disappearanc...

    Finding Dawn
  • 2024
    Keep Quiet

    Keep Quiet

    Keep Quiet

    02024HD

    A weathered tribal cop and his new trainee must find a ruthless fugitive, whose return to their rural Indigenous reservation has exposed its darkest s...

    Keep Quiet
  • 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 his...

    Kevin Alec
  • 2020
    Sisters Rising

    Sisters Rising

    Sisters Rising

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    "Sisters Rising" is the story of six Native American women fighting to restore personal and tribal sovereignty in the face of ongoing colonial violenc...

    Sisters Rising
  • 2018
    Fast Horse

    Fast Horse

    Fast Horse

    72018HD

    The Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition returns in the astonishingly dangerous Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles with se...

    Fast Horse
  • 2007
    Totem: Return and Renewal

    Totem: Return and Renewal

    Totem: Return and Renewal

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    In this follow-up to his 2003 film, Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documents the events of the final journey of the G...

    Totem: Return and Renewal
  • 2020
    Meteshu innushkueu

    Meteshu innushkueu

    Meteshu innushkueu

    02020HD

    Meteshu innushkueu
  • 1937
    North Wind

    North Wind

    North Wind

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    In an indigenous village a murder occurs, and young man is sentenced to death for it. However his father, the real culprit, takes the responsibility.

    North Wind