Indigenous Movies

  • 2015
    Defenders of Life

    Defenders of Life

    Defenders of Life

    7.52015HD

    In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only...

    Defenders of Life
  • 2022
    Once Upon a Time in the Bay

    Once Upon a Time in the Bay

    Once Upon a Time in the Bay

    02022HD

    When two LGBTQ+ Indigenous friends desperately search for fellow gay people in a straight-ass NZ beach town, they find that the true pot of gold at...

    Once Upon a Time in the Bay
  • 2026
    Tse'khene: Sekani Dakelth

    Tse'khene: Sekani Dakelth

    Tse'khene: Sekani Dakelth

    02026HD

    In this beautiful portrait, Sekani, an Indigenous trans woman, speaks about surviving the streets of Vancouver, about loss, about where she comes...

    Tse'khene: Sekani Dakelth
  • 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
  • 2019
    Young People Ask

    Young People Ask

    Young People Ask

    02019HD

    Two young men spend an ordinary weekend together as Jehovah's Witnesses in the historic industry town of Trail, British Columbia. They eat junk food,...

    Young People Ask
  • 1970
    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle

    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle

    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle

    01970HD

    She Draws a Circle reflects on the work of generations of women to interrupt cycles of violence and oppression, looking to the ways in which our...

    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle
  • 2020
    Kpaima

    Kpaima

    Kpaima

    5.52020HD

    Norma Kpaima's contribution to indigenous education is unique and urgent for neglected communities.

    Kpaima
  • 1993
    Rarámuri pie ligero

    Rarámuri pie ligero

    Rarámuri pie ligero

    101993HD

    Rarámuri pie ligero
  • 2016
    Neiwa

    Neiwa

    Neiwa

    02016HD

    Fate has foreseen two different paths for the inseparable twin brothers Orlando and Lisandro. One will take up the traditional path of the Huichol...

    Neiwa
  • 2024
    Praia da Saudade

    Praia da Saudade

    Praia da Saudade

    102024HD

    A documentary about climate change in Brazil, especially at Atafona Beach (in the Campos de Goytacazes region), which is being swallowed up by the...

    Praia da Saudade
  • 1981
    Witchers and healers

    Witchers and healers

    Witchers and healers

    91981HD

    Shot in Tuxtlas, Veracruz, this documentary exposes the ideological conceptions of witches, healers and patients, with respect to traditional...

    Witchers and healers
  • 2013
    Indigenous villages at risk

    Indigenous villages at risk

    Indigenous villages at risk

    02013HD

    Indigenous villages at risk is an ethnographic documentary whose central purpose is to show the direct testimonies of people from nine indigenous...

    Indigenous villages at risk
  • 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
  • 2009
    Vistas: Red Ochre

    Vistas: Red Ochre

    Vistas: Red Ochre

    02009HD

    Combining archival photos with new and found footage, this short film presents a personal, impressionistic rendering of what it's like growing up...

    Vistas: Red Ochre
  • 2017
    Anna Marina

    Anna Marina

    Anna Marina

    02017HD

    A local Spanish girl and a foreigner meet on the dreamy streets of Barcelona and share a deep and immediate connection.

    Anna Marina
  • 2023
    Nostalgia for the Lake

    Nostalgia for the Lake

    Nostalgia for the Lake

    62023HD

    A vision from Limbo, where the canoeist of the eternal lake floats in his boat, between sleep and wakefulness. When he sleeps, he dreams of the...

    Nostalgia for the Lake
  • 1995
    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

    81995HD

    A Chippewa prophecy foretells a time called the 7th Fire when lost traditions will be recovered. Native American filmmaker Sandra Sunrising Osawa...

    Lighting the 7th Fire
  • 1970
    Joshua Tree National Park Documentary

    Joshua Tree National Park Documentary

    Joshua Tree National Park Documentary

    01970HD

    Uncover the rugged history, desert wildlife, and hidden secrets of the California desert. This documentary dives deep into the rich human stories of...

    Joshua Tree National Park Documentary
  • 2002
    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    02002HD

    Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then...

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance