Indigenous Movies

  • 1985
    Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage

    Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage

    Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage

    01985HD

    This very short film from the Canada Vignettes series documents the annual pilgrimage that members of Saskatchewan’s Métis Catholic...

    Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage
  • 2022
    Kokum, with love.

    Kokum, with love.

    Kokum, with love.

    02022HD

    Flora Bear’s youngest granddaughter searches for truth and answers about her Indigenous grandmother’s life.

    Kokum, with love.
  • 2015
    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    02015HD

    Of Ravens and Children
  • 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
  • 2018
    Biidaaban: First Light

    Biidaaban: First Light

    Biidaaban: First Light

    02018HD

    Toronto’s town square is flooded. The city’s infrastructure has merged with local flora. In this radically different future, people have...

    Biidaaban: First Light
  • 2021
    Heart Berry

    Heart Berry

    Heart Berry

    02021HD

    A lyrical film ode to the odehimin or heart berry. A two-spirit Anishnaabe person finds themself in a dark place with their body. They undertake a...

    Heart Berry
  • 2010
    As I Am

    As I Am

    As I Am

    02010HD

    This short experimental documentary challenges stereotypes about Indigenous people in the workplace. Featuring portraits set to a powerful poem by...

    As I Am
  • 2020
    Stories Are in Our Bones

    Stories Are in Our Bones

    Stories Are in Our Bones

    02020HD

    In this layered short film, filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), a residential school survivor who...

    Stories Are in Our Bones
  • 2020
    Los Andes Symphony Orchestra

    Los Andes Symphony Orchestra

    Los Andes Symphony Orchestra

    02020HD

    The North of Cauca is the region of Colombia most affected by the internal armed conflict since 1940. There is an orchestra of ancestral music...

    Los Andes Symphony Orchestra
  • 2018
    Ward One

    Ward One

    Ward One

    02018HD

    An Old Fella teaches a Young Fella there are more ways than one to heal the spirit.

    Ward One
  • 2018
    To Wake Up the Nakota Language

    To Wake Up the Nakota Language

    To Wake Up the Nakota Language

    02018HD

    “When you don’t know your language or your culture, you don’t know who you are,” says 69-year-old Armand McArthur, one of the...

    To Wake Up the Nakota Language
  • 2007
    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited

    72007HD

    This short documentary presents the empowering story of Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette's struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community as a...

    First Stories: Two Spirited
  • 1970
    Forest Mind

    Forest Mind

    Forest Mind

    01970HD

    Forest Mind is a video work that emerges from the artist’s longstanding interest in the human interaction with the natural world. Forest Mind...

    Forest Mind
  • 2020
    Cora. La creación del mundo

    Cora. La creación del mundo

    Cora. La creación del mundo

    02020HD

    Cora. La creación del mundo
  • 2018
    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

    02018HD

    Oklahoma is home to thirty-nine federally recognized tribes. Nowhere in North America will you find such diversity among Native Peoples, and nowhere...

    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People
  • 1970
    Voices That Heal

    Voices That Heal

    Voices That Heal

    01970HD

    Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient...

    Voices That Heal
  • 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
  • 2021
    Before They Fall

    Before They Fall

    Before They Fall

    02021HD

    Conservation groups, First Nations, and scientists come together in this timely short film, as a decades-long battle to protect endangered old-growth...

    Before They Fall
  • 2011
    Betsiamites

    Betsiamites

    Betsiamites

    02011HD

    Betsiamites
  • 2015
    Sabino Vive: Las últimas fronteras.

    Sabino Vive: Las últimas fronteras.

    Sabino Vive: Las últimas fronteras.

    02015HD

    The documentary recreates the facts in the life of the Yukpa Chief, Sabino Romero, an indigenous fighter killed on March 3, 2013, in the Chaktapa...

    Sabino Vive: Las últimas fronteras.