Indigenous Movies

  • 2017
    The Mountain of SGaana

    The Mountain of SGaana

    The Mountain of SGaana

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    As a young fisherman cruises along a rugged shoreline, a tiny mouse in Haida regalia appears and starts to knit a blanket. A story unfolds on the...

    The Mountain of SGaana
  • 1998
    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

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    In this feature-length documentary, three generations of the Caribou Inuit family come together to tell the story of their journey as Canada's last...

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut
  • 2025
    My Foreign Land

    My Foreign Land

    My Foreign Land

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    For the Suruí, an indigenous people in western Brazil, there was a lot at stake in the 2022 presidential elections. Under incumbent President...

    My Foreign Land
  • 1986
    Mistress Madeleine

    Mistress Madeleine

    Mistress Madeleine

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    Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this film, set in the 1850s, unfolds against the backdrop of the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly of the...

    Mistress Madeleine
  • 2024
    Ninan Auassat: We, the Children

    Ninan Auassat: We, the Children

    Ninan Auassat: We, the Children

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    Known for her intimate films, director Kim O’Bomsawin (Call Me Human) invites viewers into the lives of Indigenous youth in this absorbing new...

    Ninan Auassat: We, the Children
  • 2021
    Before They Fall

    Before They Fall

    Before They Fall

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    Conservation groups, First Nations, and scientists come together in this timely short film, as a decades-long battle to protect endangered old-growth...

    Before They Fall
  • 1932
    Igloo

    Igloo

    Igloo

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    Documentary detailing the hardships of life among Alaskan Natives.

    Igloo
  • 2024
    Atik, gardien du territoire

    Atik, gardien du territoire

    Atik, gardien du territoire

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    Atik, gardien du territoire
  • 2013
    Following the Peacock

    Following the Peacock

    Following the Peacock

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    This anthropological documentary introduces the Yezidis, a little-known minority of Northern Iraq, and follows the tour of their most sacred object,...

    Following the Peacock
  • 2019
    Young People Ask

    Young People Ask

    Young People Ask

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    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
  • 2018
    Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)

    Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)

    Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)

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    Accompanied by a 10,000-year-old shapeshifter and friend known as Sabe, Biidaaban sets out on a mission to reclaim the ceremonial harvesting of sap...

    Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)
  • 2014
    Trick or Treaty?

    Trick or Treaty?

    Trick or Treaty?

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    Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations...

    Trick or Treaty?
  • 2024
    Meet Me at the Creek

    Meet Me at the Creek

    Meet Me at the Creek

    02024HD

    Waters’ LIFT project, ᏗᏂᏠᎯ ᎤᏪᏯ (Meet Me at the Creek), is the fourth of a quartet of films, and...

    Meet Me at the Creek
  • 1970
    The Hunter and His Apprentice

    The Hunter and His Apprentice

    The Hunter and His Apprentice

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    In an enchanted forest, a young apprentice struggles with the harsh expectations of his hunter mentor, who hunts elves for survival.

    The Hunter and His Apprentice
  • 2000
    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

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    For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool. These distinctive...

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters
  • 2023
    Nostalgia for the Lake

    Nostalgia for the Lake

    Nostalgia for the Lake

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    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
  • 2020
    Akateko. La aparición de san Miguel Arcángel

    Akateko. La aparición de san Miguel Arcángel

    Akateko. La aparición de san Miguel Arcángel

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    Akateko. La aparición de san Miguel Arcángel
  • 1985
    Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage

    Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage

    Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage

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    This very short film from the Canada Vignettes series documents the annual pilgrimage that members of Saskatchewan’s Métis Catholic...

    Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage
  • 2025
    The Bear Inside a Whale

    The Bear Inside a Whale

    The Bear Inside a Whale

    02025HD

    Stan Hill Jr. is a Haudenosaunee artist living in Miawpukek First Nation Reserve, Conne River, Newfoundland. In “The Bear Inside a...

    The Bear Inside a Whale
  • 2024
    Even Ashes, Nothing Remains

    Even Ashes, Nothing Remains

    Even Ashes, Nothing Remains

    02024HD

    Set in a distant barrio, a strange skin disease throws a tight-knit village into turmoil. At the heart of their struggle stands an ancient tree...

    Even Ashes, Nothing Remains