Indigenous Peoples Movies
- 1973
Kainai
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On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western...
- 2020
Deep Roots
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Lonnie Kauk’s personal journey to honor his indigenous Yosemite roots, and to connect with his legendary father by repeating his iconic climbs.
- 2022
Amazônia, A Nova Minamata?
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- 2002
No Loitering
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An intimate portrait of teenagers trying to understand their world and their possibilities. The film weaves together video shot by teens and by the...
- 2015
Nowhere Land
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Documentary about filmmaker Bonnie Ammaaq's memories of life on Baffin Island, where her family moved for eleven years during her childhood from the...
- 2007
Travelling
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Nedarma (Travelling) is one of several documentary features co-directed by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio that portray the daily lives of...
- 1974
Cree Hunters of Mistassini
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An NFB crew filmed a group of three families, Cree hunters from Mistassini. Since times predating agriculture, this First Nations people have gone to...
- 2017
Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi
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Remember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major...
- 2021
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
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Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and...
- 2022
Still We Rise
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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...
- 2007
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...
- 2017
In the Beginning was Water and Sky
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A haunting and visually stunning fairytale that blends the horrors of fantasy and the real life historical events of colonization and Indian Boarding...
- 2017
Gas Can
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A Cree family in 1970s Saskatchewan must ask an old farmer for help when their car runs out of gas while moving to the city.
- 1976
Augusta
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This short documentary is the portrait of an 88-year-old woman who lives alone in a log cabin without running water or electricity. Augusta is a...
- 2020
Cholitas
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Five Bolivian indigenous women share one goal: climbing the highest mountain in America.
- 2008
Two villages, one single walk
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With no Forest left to hunt and no land to cultivate, the Maby-Guarani depend on the sale of their handcraft to survive. Three young Guarani...
- 1995
Our Indians
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Yndio do Brasil is a collage of hundreds of Brazilian films and films from other countries - features, newsreels and documentaries - that show how...
- 2004
A Bride of the Seventh Heaven
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An elderly Nenets woman in teepee on northern Russia's Yamal Peninsula recounts her early life betrothed to a deity for the entertainment of a blind...
- 2009
Button Blanket
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This short impressionist documentary looks at the creation of a Button Blanket by integrating the performance of a traditional dance with the art of...
- 2017
Tawai: A Voice from the Forest
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Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand humanity's changing relationship with the world...