Indigenous Peoples Movies

  • 2019
    Spirit of the Reindeer

    Spirit of the Reindeer

    Spirit of the Reindeer

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    The third and final part of a trilogy based on Arctic creation myths. The film is a multifaceted tissue weave of myths and traditions reflected in...

    Spirit of the Reindeer
  • 2025
    Northlore

    Northlore

    Northlore

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    Weaving animation and live action, Northlore delves into the transformational stories of people living in Canada’s North and their deep...

    Northlore
  • 2025
    Espejo de Agua

    Espejo de Agua

    Espejo de Agua

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    Espejo de Agua is a non-fiction short film set in Venezuela 's Sinamaica Lagoon, Zulia, where the Añú people are silently displaced due...

    Espejo de Agua
  • 1995
    Our Indians

    Our Indians

    Our Indians

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    Yndio do Brasil is a collage of hundreds of Brazilian films and films from other countries - features, newsreels and documentaries - that show how...

    Our Indians
  • 1970
    Joshua Tree National Park Documentary

    Joshua Tree National Park Documentary

    Joshua Tree National Park Documentary

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    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

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    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
  • 2010
    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

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    In the Bella Coola Valley, a haunting legend endures through generations as a filmmaker reckons with whether the stories of her ancestors can survive...

    Cry Rock
  • 2017
    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi

    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi

    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi

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    Remember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major...

    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi
  • 1943
    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

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    How Inuit peoples perform arts and crafts, on the island of Baffin Island on what is now the territory of Nanavut.

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts
  • 2021
    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

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    Le grand solstice
  • 2012
    The Federal Court Hearing

    The Federal Court Hearing

    The Federal Court Hearing

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    Amid a severe housing crisis that made international headlines in 2011, the federal government imposed third-party management on the Attawapiskat...

    The Federal Court Hearing
  • 2011
    The Chocolate Farmer

    The Chocolate Farmer

    The Chocolate Farmer

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    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
  • 2013
    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

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    TOKYO Ainu features the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, living in Greater Tokyo (Tokyo and its surrounding areas), who are and actively in...

    Tokyo Ainu
  • 2010
    Habilito: Debt for Life

    Habilito: Debt for Life

    Habilito: Debt for Life

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    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
  • 2015
    Violet

    Violet

    Violet

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    An escaped mental patient dies in 1984 at the home of her former doctor. But that was just the beginning.

    Violet
  • 2017
    In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School

    In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School

    In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School

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    A poignant all-Indigenous English and Cree-English collaborative documentary that breaks long-held silences imposed upon indigenous children who were...

    In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School
  • 2022
    Colebrook: A Place of Healing & Learning

    Colebrook: A Place of Healing & Learning

    Colebrook: A Place of Healing & Learning

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    Colebrook Blackwood Reconciliation Park is where the Colebrook Training Home once stood. It is now a permanent memorial for the Aboriginal children...

    Colebrook: A Place of Healing & Learning
  • 2010
    As I Am

    As I Am

    As I Am

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

    As I Am
  • 2023
    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

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    Following filmmaker Taye Alvis as he looks to reconnect to his community of Walpole Island First Nation. Taye will explore his relationship to...

    Giiwe: Returning Home
  • 2015
    Amazonia: Healing with Sacred Plants

    Amazonia: Healing with Sacred Plants

    Amazonia: Healing with Sacred Plants

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    Psychologist and anthropologist Alberto Villoldo talks with traditional healers of Madre de Dios, a department within in Peruvian Amazonia. They and...

    Amazonia: Healing with Sacred Plants