Indigenous Movies

  • 2024
    In This Moment

    In This Moment

    In This Moment

    02024HD

    “In This Moment” is the story of a transwoman named Love, who is polyamorous and trying to navigate the world around her identities by...

    In This Moment
  • 2022
    The Invention of the Other

    The Invention of the Other

    The Invention of the Other

    82022HD

    In 2019, the Brazilian government coordinates the largest and riskiest expedition of the last decades into the Amazon rainforest to search for a...

    The Invention of the Other
  • 2014
    Berbères des cimes

    Berbères des cimes

    Berbères des cimes

    72014HD

    At the heart of the Moroccan High Atlas mountains, water is a resource in short supply. The village of Tizi N'Oucheg has undergone a transformation...

    Berbères des cimes
  • 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
  • 2024
    Atikamekw Suns

    Atikamekw Suns

    Atikamekw Suns

    72024HD

    Manawan, 1977. A vehicle falls into a river near a Native community. Two Quebecers managed to escape, but five Atikamekws lost their lives. While the...

    Atikamekw Suns
  • 2020
    Elementa

    Elementa

    Elementa

    6.52020HD

    A black-and-white visual meditation of wilderness and the elements. Wildlife filmmaker Richard Sidey returns to the triptych format for a cinematic...

    Elementa
  • 1995
    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

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    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
  • 1992
    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    01992HD

    This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

    Surviving Columbus
  • 1983
    Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World

    Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World

    Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World

    01983HD

    A compelling study of the Hopi that captures their deep spirituality and reveals their integration of art and daily life. Amidst beautiful images of...

    Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World
  • 2008
    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

    02008HD

    This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the...

    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony
  • 2023
    Against the Tide

    Against the Tide

    Against the Tide

    6.52023HD

    Two friends, both Indigenous fishermen, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship begins to fracture as they take very different...

    Against the Tide
  • 2016
    Guachimontones, los límites del hombre y la naturaleza.

    Guachimontones, los límites del hombre y la naturaleza.

    Guachimontones, los límites del hombre y la naturaleza.

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    Guachimontones, los límites del hombre y la naturaleza.
  • 2005
    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

    02005HD

    Although the mountain volcano Mauna Kea last erupted around 4,000 years ago, it is still hot today, the center of a burning controversy over whether...

    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
  • 1994
    Hands of History

    Hands of History

    Hands of History

    71994HD

    This documentary follows four female First Nations artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert are...

    Hands of History
  • 2020
    Mother River

    Mother River

    Mother River

    02020HD

    In a remote Peruvian city, lives Honorata Vilca, an illiterate woman of Quechua descent who sells candies more than 20 years ago, with the rain will...

    Mother River
  • 2023
    The Unknown Country

    The Unknown Country

    The Unknown Country

    6.62023HD

    A grieving woman embarks on an unexpected road trip as she grapples with the pain of her recent loss and seeks to understand her place in the world.

    The Unknown Country
  • 2018
    Edge of the Knife

    Edge of the Knife

    Edge of the Knife

    6.82018HD

    Island of Haida Gwaii, northern Canada, 19th century. During a fishing gathering, Adiits'ii commits an unfortunate act. Tormented, he runs away to...

    Edge of the Knife
  • 2021
    Bootlegger

    Bootlegger

    Bootlegger

    6.42021HD

    Mani, a master’s student, returns to the reserve in northern Quebec where she grew up. Her painful past resurfaces. Resolved to reintegrate...

    Bootlegger
  • 2011
    Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

    Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

    Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

    4.52011HD

    A story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation's turbulent history emerges as an active player...

    Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
  • 1987
    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    31987HD

    Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child. An important figure...

    Foster Child