Indigenous Movies

  • 2019
    Dance with the Heart

    Dance with the Heart

    Dance with the Heart

    02019HD

    Marina is a girl who discovers the legends and traditions of her ancestors on a magical journey through the nature that surrounds her and takes her...

    Dance with the Heart
  • 2018
    Como Fotografei os Yanomami

    Como Fotografei os Yanomami

    Como Fotografei os Yanomami

    02018HD

    Como Fotografei os Yanomami
  • 2012
    Le nord au coeur

    Le nord au coeur

    Le nord au coeur

    02012HD

    Le nord au coeur
  • 2015
    Defenders of Life

    Defenders of Life

    Defenders of Life

    7.52015HD

    In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only...

    Defenders of Life
  • 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
  • 2009
    Little Thunder

    Little Thunder

    Little Thunder

    02009HD

    This animated short, inspired by the Mi'kmaq legend "The Stone Canoe" explores Indigenous humour. We follow Little Thunder as he reluctantly leaves...

    Little Thunder
  • 2026
    Bajau Laut - The Sea is Our Home

    Bajau Laut - The Sea is Our Home

    Bajau Laut - The Sea is Our Home

    02026HD

    Their stilt houses are burned down, their boats destroyed: the sea nomads of Borneo are stateless and can be displaced at any moment. The film...

    Bajau Laut - The Sea is Our Home
  • 2022
    This Is Not a Ceremony

    This Is Not a Ceremony

    This Is Not a Ceremony

    02022HD

    This cinematic VR experience offers insights into the struggles and conflicts of growing up an Indigenous man.

    This Is Not a Ceremony
  • 2025
    Cross

    Cross

    Cross

    02025HD

    An Indigenous woman, Sarah, recounts to her grandson Devin a story from her time in Residential School, when she was believed to be possessed by a...

    Cross
  • 2013
    The Tiger and the Deer

    The Tiger and the Deer

    The Tiger and the Deer

    02013HD

    In El Salvador, Chelino tells about the indigenous massacre of 1932, of which he survived, while he teaches the melodies of traditional Salvadoran...

    The Tiger and the Deer
  • 1991
    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá

    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá

    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá

    01991HD

    Poetic rescue of the memory of our Tupinambá ancestors. Considered extinct in the 16th century. The film has the testimony of Verá...

    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá
  • 2022
    Mamuk Meshkanat

    Mamuk Meshkanat

    Mamuk Meshkanat

    02022HD

    Mamuk Meshkanat
  • 1968
    Travelling College

    Travelling College

    Travelling College

    01968HD

    Travelling College
  • 1974
    This Riel Business

    This Riel Business

    This Riel Business

    91974HD

    This documentary short is a cinematic recording of Tales from a Prairie Drifter, a stage comedy about the North-West Resistance during the opening of...

    This Riel Business
  • 2023
    La chasse aux grenouilles de la rue Wemotaci

    La chasse aux grenouilles de la rue Wemotaci

    La chasse aux grenouilles de la rue Wemotaci

    02023HD

    La chasse aux grenouilles de la rue Wemotaci
  • 2017
    Indefensible: The Troubling Legacy of Edward Cornwallis

    Indefensible: The Troubling Legacy of Edward Cornwallis

    Indefensible: The Troubling Legacy of Edward Cornwallis

    02017HD

    The history of Edward Cornwallis, the founder of Halifax, and the modern day controversy surrounding his statue.

    Indefensible: The Troubling Legacy of Edward Cornwallis
  • 2025
    My Grandmother’s Tipi

    My Grandmother’s Tipi

    My Grandmother’s Tipi

    02025HD

    “Nuuhkuum uumichiwaapim” (« My Grandmother’s Tipi ») is an exploration of the sensorial and textural experience of a...

    My Grandmother’s Tipi
  • 1970
    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle

    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle

    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle

    01970HD

    She Draws a Circle reflects on the work of generations of women to interrupt cycles of violence and oppression, looking to the ways in which our...

    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle
  • 1970
    Tasunke Witko

    Tasunke Witko

    Tasunke Witko

    01970HD

    Told from the perspective of contemporary Lakota people, the film explores the life of Crazy Horse (Tasunke Witko). Viewers see the natural world of...

    Tasunke Witko
  • 1970
    First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath

    First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath

    First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath

    01970HD

    Twenty-eight Indigenous youth kayak the entire 300-miles of the Klamath River, from its headwaters to the Pacific Ocean, completing the full length...

    First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath