Movies: Indigenous

  • 1985
    Broken Rainbow

    Broken Rainbow (1985)

    Broken Rainbow

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    Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona....

    Broken Rainbow
  • 2023
    NUKED

    NUKED (2023)

    NUKED

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    The US detonated 67 nuclear weapons over the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands during the Cold War, the consequences of which still reverberate down four generations to today. "NUKED," is a timely new feature documentary focussing on the human vi...

    NUKED
  • 2000
    Kikkik

    Kikkik (2000)

    Kikkik

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    It is taking decades for Canada to come to terms with its history in the Arctic, and with its relationship to all its indigenous people. “Kikkik” is the story of government mistakes and neglect, of starvation, murder, freezing death, but, in the end,...

    Kikkik
  • 2007
    The Sacred Food

    The Sacred Food (2007)

    The Sacred Food

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    A short documentary about the Ojibwe Native Americans of Northern Minnesota and the wild rice (Manoomin) they consider a sacred gift from the Creator. The film tells the Creation and Migration stories that are central to the tribe's oral history and ...

    The Sacred Food
  • 2021
    Portraits from a Fire

    Portraits from a Fire (2021)

    Portraits from a Fire

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    An Indigenous teenage boy fights through distorting realities as a family secret unravels....

    Portraits from a Fire
  • 2018
    Edge of the Knife

    Edge of the Knife (2018)

    Edge of the Knife

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    Island of Haida Gwaii, northern Canada, 19th century. During a fishing gathering, Adiits'ii commits an unfortunate act. Tormented, he runs away to the wilderness as his mind embraces madness....

    Edge of the Knife
  • 2017
    Crazywise

    Crazywise (2017)

    Crazywise

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    Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing movement of professionals and survivors who are forging alternative treatments that focus on recovery and...

    Crazywise
  • 2021
    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore (2021)

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

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    An experimental look at the origin of the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, following two people as they navigate their own relationships to the spirit world and a place in between life and death....

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
  • 2019
    Lupita

    Lupita (2019)

    Lupita

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    In Mexico, a country where indigenous people are increasingly displaced and discriminated against, Lupita, a survivor of one of the worst massacres in the country’s history, finds her voice in a movement led by indigenous women. The film intimately f...

    Lupita
  • 1932
    Igloo

    Igloo (1932)

    Igloo

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    Documentary detailing the hardships of life among Alaskan Natives....

    Igloo
  • 2017
    500 Years

    500 Years (2017)

    500 Years

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    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 told through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand...

    500 Years
  • 2015
    Le Dep

    Le Dep (2015)

    Le Dep

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    A a psychological drama about Lydia, a young Innu woman who works at her father’s convenience store in a small First Nations community in rural Quebec. One night, as she prepares to close up shop, a masked robber enters the store and holds her at gun...

    Le Dep
  • 1969
    The John Muir

    The John Muir (1969)

    The John Muir

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    Some people think John Muir was a hero. Others: not so much. The Adventure Brothers hike the famous John Muir Trail (a.k.a. Nüümü Poyo) to investigate the conservationist's controversial legacy....

    The John Muir
  • 1991
    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier (1991)

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

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    An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977, with commentary from those involved, including Peltier himself....

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
  • 2025
    Soul of the Desert

    Soul of the Desert (2025)

    Soul of the Desert

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    A documentary on the road that tracks the journey by Georgina, an elderly transgender woman forced to cross the sandy peninsula Guajira, on foot, to obtain the thing she has desired for almost half a century: a document that will hand her the right t...

    Soul of the Desert
  • 2016
    Promised Land

    Promised Land (2016)

    Promised Land

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    Promised Land is a social justice documentary that follows two tribes in the Pacific Northwest: the Duwamish and the Chinook, as they fight for the restoration of treaty rights they've long been denied. In following their story, the film examines a l...

    Promised Land
  • 2011
    Eternal Ashes

    Eternal Ashes (2011)

    Eternal Ashes

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    ETERNAL ASHES tells the story of a mother, Ana and her daughter, Elena. Although they are separated, in the space and time they remain united forever. The people and the millenarian culture of Yanomami are the framework of this story about the unbre...

    Eternal Ashes
  • 2006
    The Hills of Disorder

    The Hills of Disorder (2006)

    The Hills of Disorder

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    Carapiru is a member of one of Brazil's remaining indigenous peoples, living in harmony with nature and making wise use of the local flora and fauna. But Carapiru is suddenly forced to fend for himself and flees into the nearby rain forest, building ...

    The Hills of Disorder
  • 2021
    Documentário Brasil Tupinambá

    Documentário Brasil Tupinambá (2021)

    Documentário Brasil Tupinambá

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    Documentário Brasil Tupinambá
  • 2007
    That Beautiful Somewhere

    That Beautiful Somewhere (2007)

    That Beautiful Somewhere

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    A detective teams up with a young female archaeologist to unravel the mysterious death of a 'bog body' found in a native swamp rumoured to have curative powers. It is the story of two wounded souls searching for healing and redemption...

    That Beautiful Somewhere