Indigenous Movies

  • 1924
    Felix Goes West

    Felix Goes West

    Felix Goes West

    51924HD

    Felix gets into trouble with a tribe of Indians out west, and is chased by a bear.

    Felix Goes West
  • 2010
    Habilito: Debt for Life

    Habilito: Debt for Life

    Habilito: Debt for Life

    02010HD

    Documents the conflicts and tensions that arise between highland migrants and Mosetenes, members of an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon....

    Habilito: Debt for Life
  • 2022
    For Love

    For Love

    For Love

    7.52022HD

    In this searing documentary, Indigenous people share heartbreaking stories that reveal the injustices inflicted by the Canadian child welfare system.

    For Love
  • 1983
    When the Mountains Tremble

    When the Mountains Tremble

    When the Mountains Tremble

    9.51983HD

    A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta...

    When the Mountains Tremble
  • 2006
    Finding Dawn

    Finding Dawn

    Finding Dawn

    02006HD

    Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh presents a compelling documentary that puts a human face on a national tragedy: the murders and...

    Finding Dawn
  • 1970
    Keep Quiet

    Keep Quiet

    Keep Quiet

    01970HD

    A weathered tribal cop and his new trainee must find a ruthless fugitive, whose return to their rural Indigenous reservation has exposed its darkest...

    Keep Quiet
  • 2015
    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance

    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance

    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance

    82015HD

    The conflict over forestry operations on Lyell Island in 1985 was a major milestone in the history of the re-emergence of the Haida Nation. It was a...

    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance
  • 2009
    ʔEʔanx (The Cave)

    ʔEʔanx (The Cave)

    ʔEʔanx (The Cave)

    3.82009HD

    A hunter on horseback accidentally discovers a portal to another world in this fantastical true Tsilhqot'in story.

    ʔEʔanx (The Cave)
  • 2011
    The Chocolate Farmer

    The Chocolate Farmer

    The Chocolate Farmer

    72011HD

    For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and...

    The Chocolate Farmer
  • 2005
    Smudge

    Smudge

    Smudge

    02005HD

    This short documentary follows three Indigenous women as they practice ancestral forms of worship: drumming, singing, and using sweetgrass. These...

    Smudge
  • 1984
    Incident at Restigouche

    Incident at Restigouche

    Incident at Restigouche

    7.51984HD

    Incident at Restigouche is a 1984 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, chronicling a series of two raids on the Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation...

    Incident at Restigouche
  • 2017
    Miro

    Miro

    Miro

    02017HD

    When Miro returns home at the end of World War II he finds his land taken, his people gone, his daughter stolen and his service record treated with...

    Miro
  • 2017
    Keep Talking

    Keep Talking

    Keep Talking

    82017HD

    Three Alaska Native women work to save their endangered language, Kodiak Alutiiq, and ensure the future of their culture while confronting their...

    Keep Talking
  • 1993
    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation

    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation

    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation

    91993HD

    This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware. In mid-January, 1893, armed troops from the...

    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation
  • 2021
    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

    92021HD

    Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and...

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
  • 1987
    Mark of the Hand

    Mark of the Hand

    Mark of the Hand

    01987HD

    Guyanese painter Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) returns to his homeland on a “journey to the source of his inspiration” in this vivid Arts...

    Mark of the Hand
  • 2019
    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

    82019HD

    When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their...

    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country
  • 2020
    The Song of the Butterflies

    The Song of the Butterflies

    The Song of the Butterflies

    02020HD

    Rember Yahuarcani is an indigenous artist from the Uitoto Nation who lives in Lima, Peru. From his clan, the White Heron, only two families remain in...

    The Song of the Butterflies
  • 2022
    Harbinger

    Harbinger

    Harbinger

    02022HD

    A street sweeper, The messenger of the red-blooded letter to the soldier found out it was abused. Responsible for the extermination of neutralists...

    Harbinger
  • 1962
    An Indian Story

    An Indian Story

    An Indian Story

    61962HD

    Still photographs and narration give an overview of the history of the American Indian.

    An Indian Story