Indigenous Peoples Movies

  • 1998
    Okimah

    Okimah

    Okimah

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    This documentary focuses on the goose hunt, a ritual of central importance to the Cree people of the James Bay coastal areas. Not only a source of...

    Okimah
  • 2008
    Ñande Guarani (Nós Guarani)

    Ñande Guarani (Nós Guarani)

    Ñande Guarani (Nós Guarani)

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    Ñande Guarani (Nós Guarani)
  • 2007
    Taromenani

    Taromenani

    Taromenani

    02007HD

    In May 2003, around 30 women and children were murdered in the Ecuadorian jungle. The victims belonged to the Taromenani clan, an uncontacted...

    Taromenani
  • 1970
    The Primal Mind

    The Primal Mind

    The Primal Mind

    01970HD

    Written and hosted by Jack Marks, an American Jewish author who misrepresented himself as Native American; this PBS documentary examines the...

    The Primal Mind
  • 2015
    Amazonia: Healing with Sacred Plants

    Amazonia: Healing with Sacred Plants

    Amazonia: Healing with Sacred Plants

    02015HD

    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
  • 2021
    Mother's Land

    Mother's Land

    Mother's Land

    02021HD

    Waking up in a nightmare before the sunrise of December 30, 2020, the indigenous community of the Tumandok was suddenly surrounded by fear. Panambi...

    Mother's Land
  • 2004
    One of Many

    One of Many

    One of Many

    72004HD

    A woman with indiginous roots in her 40s goes on a trip into her past: When she was four years old she had been taken away from her mother by the...

    One of Many
  • 2022
    Wabano: The Light of the Day

    Wabano: The Light of the Day

    Wabano: The Light of the Day

    02022HD

    Nestled at the heart of Canada’s national capital, the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health has been a haven for generations of Indigenous...

    Wabano: The Light of the Day
  • 2022
    Heartbeat of a Nation

    Heartbeat of a Nation

    Heartbeat of a Nation

    02022HD

    A short documentary that celebrates Dene cultural reclamation and revitalization, in which a father passes on traditional knowledge to his child...

    Heartbeat of a Nation
  • 2017
    Gas Can

    Gas Can

    Gas Can

    02017HD

    A Cree family in 1970s Saskatchewan must ask an old farmer for help when their car runs out of gas while moving to the city.

    Gas Can
  • 2015
    Soy mestizo

    Soy mestizo

    Soy mestizo

    02015HD

    The natural sciences museum of La Plata, Argentina, had indigenous people held captive as study objects in the past, and their skeletons were on...

    Soy mestizo
  • 2020
    Deep Roots

    Deep Roots

    Deep Roots

    02020HD

    Lonnie Kauk’s personal journey to honor his indigenous Yosemite roots, and to connect with his legendary father by repeating his iconic climbs.

    Deep Roots
  • 2017
    Ça Fait Si Longtemps

    Ça Fait Si Longtemps

    Ça Fait Si Longtemps

    02017HD

    Is it possible that a group of people share our culture and fate, but are drifting in another part of the ocean? Taiwanese aboriginal musicians,...

    Ça Fait Si Longtemps
  • 1977
    Get Out of Here

    Get Out of Here

    Get Out of Here

    01977HD

    A rural community in the Ecuadorian Andes suddenly faces a land dispute with the legal representatives of a large company. The discovery of very rich...

    Get Out of Here
  • 2019
    The Sámi Has Rights

    The Sámi Has Rights

    The Sámi Has Rights

    02019HD

    This is a trilogy about Norway’s shame.

    The Sámi Has Rights
  • 1970
    Columbus Didn't Discover Us

    Columbus Didn't Discover Us

    Columbus Didn't Discover Us

    01970HD

    The historic gathering of three hundred indigenous activists from North, South and Central America who met in Quito, Ecuador, in July 1990 to...

    Columbus Didn't Discover Us
  • 1970
    This Was the Time

    This Was the Time

    This Was the Time

    01970HD

    When Masset, a Haida village in Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), held a potlatch, it seemed as if the past grandeur of...

    This Was the Time
  • 2012
    The Federal Court Hearing

    The Federal Court Hearing

    The Federal Court Hearing

    02012HD

    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
  • 1956
    The Longer Trail

    The Longer Trail

    The Longer Trail

    01956HD

    A young indigenous man contracts tuberculosis and is sent to the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton. He struggles with the aftereffects of...

    The Longer Trail
  • 2017
    Fantasia de Índio

    Fantasia de Índio

    Fantasia de Índio

    02017HD

    Since I was a child, I heard my mother speaking about my indigenous ancestry. Two decades ago my maternal uncle went to meet the Xukurus looking for...

    Fantasia de Índio