Indigenous Movies
- 2017
500 Years
500 Years5.92017HD
From a historic genocide trial to the overthrow of a president, the sweeping story of mounting resistance played out in Guatemala’s recent history is...
- 2015
La Buena Vida - The Good Life
La Buena Vida - The Good Life7.22015HD
The village of Tamaquito lies deep in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu community's w...
- 2003
Is the Crown at war with us?
Is the Crown at war with us?6.52003HD
In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of t...
- 2022
The Wind & the Reckoning
The Wind & the Reckoning102022HD
As an outbreak of leprosy engulfs 19th-century colonial Hawai'i, a small group of infected Native Hawaiians resist government-mandated exile, taking a...
- 1991
Clearcut
Clearcut71991HD
A white lawyer finds his values shaken when he is paired with an angry Indigenous activist who insists on kidnapping the head of a logging company to...
- 2016
When Two Worlds Collide
When Two Worlds Collide7.32016HD
In this tense and immersive tour de force, audiences are taken directly into the line of fire between powerful, opposing Peruvian leaders who will sto...
- 2022
Here Ends the World We've Known
Here Ends the World We've Known6.82022HD
1645. Guadeloupe. Ibátali, a Kalinago native and wife of a French colonist, leads Olaudah, an escaped African captive, on a journey where he may lose...
- 2022
Ka Pō
Ka Pō6.52022HD
A young Polynesian woman trapped in the throes of an abusive relationship gets revenge by burning down her boyfriend's home. Fearing retaliation, she...
- 1977
Cree Way
Cree Way01977HD
This short documentary examines an innovative educational program developed by John and Gerti Murdoch to teach Cree children their language via Cree f...
- 2017
First Daughter and the Black Snake
First Daughter and the Black Snake52017HD
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...
- 2020
Elementa
Elementa6.52020HD
A black-and-white visual meditation of wilderness and the elements. Wildlife filmmaker Richard Sidey returns to the triptych format for a cinematic ex...
- 2007
Tkaronto
Tkaronto02007HD
Far from home and struggling to reconcile their Native identities with non-Native culture, Ray and Jolene negotiate a growing attraction as they're dr...
- 2005
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege02005HD
Although the mountain volcano Mauna Kea last erupted around 4,000 years ago, it is still hot today, the center of a burning controversy over whether i...
- 1993
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance7.31993HD
In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a historic confront...
- 2021
Bootlegger
Bootlegger6.42021HD
Mani, a master’s student, returns to the reserve in northern Quebec where she grew up. Her painful past resurfaces. Resolved to reintegrate into the c...
- 2019
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen6.72019HD
This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some nev...
- 2024
Atikamekw Suns
Atikamekw Suns72024HD
Manawan, 1977. A vehicle falls into a river near a Native community. Two Quebecers managed to escape, but five Atikamekws lost their lives. While the...
- 2021
Documentário Brasil Tupinambá
Documentário Brasil Tupinambá102021HD
- 2016
Angry Inuk
Angry Inuk7.42016HD
With "sealfies" and social media, a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit is wading into the world of activism, using humour and reason to confront aggre...
- 2004
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii02004HD
Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. His film reveals the whole repatriation process th...