Indigenous Movies

  • 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
  • 2019
    Kohkum & The Quest

    Kohkum & The Quest

    Kohkum & The Quest

    02019HD

    The film explores the process of preparing for a traditional Indigenous vision quest.

    Kohkum & The Quest
  • 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
  • 2016
    Xapiri

    Xapiri

    Xapiri

    02016HD

    Xapiri is a Yanomami term that characterizes the shamans, male spirits (xapiri thëpë) and also auxiliary spirits (xapiri pë). Xapiri...

    Xapiri
  • 2019
    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

    02019HD

    At the end of the world, only Indigenous people can survive the toxic landscape so the white fellas steal ‘mud children’ to experiment on...

    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland
  • 2014
    Urihi Haromatipë: Curadores da Terra-Floresta

    Urihi Haromatipë: Curadores da Terra-Floresta

    Urihi Haromatipë: Curadores da Terra-Floresta

    02014HD

    The thunder is warning, "The earth is sick." To cure it, David Kopenawa gathered in Roraima the Yanomami shamans from various regions. With the help...

    Urihi Haromatipë: Curadores da Terra-Floresta
  • 2024
    Chuzalongo

    Chuzalongo

    Chuzalongo

    72024HD

    At the end of the 19th century, a boy appears in an Andean village. Nicanor, the village priest, discovers that the child’s blood causes the...

    Chuzalongo
  • 2005
    Tambour traditionnel innu (innu teueikan)

    Tambour traditionnel innu (innu teueikan)

    Tambour traditionnel innu (innu teueikan)

    02005HD

    Tambour traditionnel innu (innu teueikan)
  • 1978
    The Red Dress

    The Red Dress

    The Red Dress

    7.51978HD

    Kelly is a Métis man without treaty or hunting rights, struggling to sustain his traditional life. His daughter Theresa longs for a red dress...

    The Red Dress
  • 2012
    L’histoire de la Côte-Nord: une histoire commune

    L’histoire de la Côte-Nord: une histoire commune

    L’histoire de la Côte-Nord: une histoire commune

    02012HD

    L’histoire de la Côte-Nord: une histoire commune
  • 2018
    Acoustic Ocean

    Acoustic Ocean

    Acoustic Ocean

    02018HD

    Acoustic Ocean is an artistic exploration of the sonic ecology of marine life in the North Atlantic. Located on the Lofoten Islands in Northern...

    Acoustic Ocean
  • 1980
    Los hieleros del Chimborazo

    Los hieleros del Chimborazo

    Los hieleros del Chimborazo

    01980HD

    Since colonial times, the indigenous people of the Andean mountains have ascended to peaks that reach 5,200 meters above sea level. There, they crush...

    Los hieleros del Chimborazo
  • 1975
    Our Dear Sisters

    Our Dear Sisters

    Our Dear Sisters

    01975HD

    Alanis Obomsawin, a North American Indian who earns her living by singing and making films, is the mother of an adopted child. She talks about her...

    Our Dear Sisters
  • 2023
    Ephemera

    Ephemera

    Ephemera

    02023HD

    A two-spirit male cruises a hook-up app as he looks for companionship for the night. A welcomed familiar person invites him over as he contemplates...

    Ephemera
  • 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
  • 1991
    Hunters and Bombers

    Hunters and Bombers

    Hunters and Bombers

    81991HD

    The hunters are the Innu people and the bombers are the air forces of several NATO countries, which conduct low-level flights over the Innu's hunting...

    Hunters and Bombers
  • 2018
    Positions

    Positions

    Positions

    02018HD

    An unapologetic and realist exploration of sexual desire, the quest for financial stability, and the pursuit of agency over one's own body.

    Positions
  • 2021
    Lo que hizo Luna

    Lo que hizo Luna

    Lo que hizo Luna

    62021HD

    Oral legend of the Amazonian nationality Secoya del Ecuador. Tells the story of Ñañe (the moon) and how it created the world.

    Lo que hizo Luna
  • 1954
    Boos and Arrows

    Boos and Arrows

    Boos and Arrows

    81954HD

    Casper the Friendly Ghost helps Little Feather go hunting.

    Boos and Arrows
  • 1993
    Rarámuri pie ligero

    Rarámuri pie ligero

    Rarámuri pie ligero

    101993HD

    Rarámuri pie ligero