Indigenous Movies

  • 2022
    Milikᵘ tshishutshelimunuau

    Milikᵘ tshishutshelimunuau

    Milikᵘ tshishutshelimunuau

    5.52022HD

    The journey of a young candidate running in the Pessamit community band council elections.

    Milikᵘ tshishutshelimunuau
  • 1932
    Igloo

    Igloo

    Igloo

    101932HD

    Documentary detailing the hardships of life among Alaskan Natives.

    Igloo
  • 1983
    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    71983HD

    Made in collaboration with the Inuit Tungavingat Nunamini, this film focuses on those dissident members of the Inuit community who rejected the...

    Our Land, Our Truth
  • 2019
    nîpawistamâsowin : We Will Stand Up

    nîpawistamâsowin : We Will Stand Up

    nîpawistamâsowin : We Will Stand Up

    8.32019HD

    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
  • 1981
    The Sand Island Story

    The Sand Island Story

    The Sand Island Story

    01981HD

    This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to...

    The Sand Island Story
  • 2015
    El final del día

    El final del día

    El final del día

    102015HD

    The film takes place on December 21, 2012, while the people of the town of Quillagua await the supposed "end of the world" that the Mayans predicted...

    El final del día
  • 1989
    Children of Wind River

    Children of Wind River

    Children of Wind River

    01989HD

    A film made by Victress Hitchcock and Ava Hamilton in 1989 on the Wind River Reservation for Wyoming Public Television.

    Children of Wind River
  • 2018
    Growing Native Alaska: People of the North

    Growing Native Alaska: People of the North

    Growing Native Alaska: People of the North

    02018HD

    All across Alaska, Native cultures have depended on the abundant natural resources found there to support their families, cultures and way of life....

    Growing Native Alaska: People of the North
  • 2020
    The Fourfold

    The Fourfold

    The Fourfold

    52020HD

    Based on the shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, this is a testament to the need to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and...

    The Fourfold
  • 2011
    That Which Once Was

    That Which Once Was

    That Which Once Was

    02011HD

    In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted...

    That Which Once Was
  • 2020
    Kpaima

    Kpaima

    Kpaima

    5.52020HD

    Norma Kpaima's contribution to indigenous education is unique and urgent for neglected communities.

    Kpaima
  • 2024
    Our Maternal Home

    Our Maternal Home

    Our Maternal Home

    82024HD

    Filmmaker and educator Janine Windolph ventures from Saskatchewan to Quebec with her two teens and younger sister, tracing their familial origins to...

    Our Maternal Home
  • 2021
    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    02021HD

    What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child...

    Daughter of a Lost Bird
  • 2022
    Broken Angel

    Broken Angel

    Broken Angel

    02022HD

    Angel, a once vibrant beautiful Cree woman, becomes weary and spiritless after enduring viscous spiritual, physical, and emotional abuse from her...

    Broken Angel
  • 1984
    Isaac Littlefeathers

    Isaac Littlefeathers

    Isaac Littlefeathers

    101984HD

    A young half-breed boy, the son of a hockey player and an Indian woman, is adopted by a Jewish shopkeeper, but finds himself torn between the...

    Isaac Littlefeathers
  • 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
  • 2009
    Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i

    Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i

    Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i

    62009HD

    What if you are made to feel ashamed when you speak your "mother tongue" or ridiculed because of your accent? "Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i"...

    Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i
  • 2023
    Derrière chaque image, une histoire

    Derrière chaque image, une histoire

    Derrière chaque image, une histoire

    02023HD

    Derrière chaque image, une histoire
  • 1971
    As Long as the Rivers Run

    As Long as the Rivers Run

    As Long as the Rivers Run

    01971HD

    Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washington, with particular reference to the Nisqually...

    As Long as the Rivers Run
  • 2024
    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    02024HD

    Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity....

    Red Fever