Indigenous Movies

  • 2022
    This Place

    This Place

    This Place

    5.42022HD

    Living in the liminal space between worlds, two young women find themselves falling in love for the first time, while also being forced to...

    This Place
  • 2012
    Ngā Tamatoa: 40 Years On

    Ngā Tamatoa: 40 Years On

    Ngā Tamatoa: 40 Years On

    02012HD

    Actor Rawiri Paratene was 16 years old when he joined Māori activist group Ngā Tamatoa (Young Warriors) in the early 1970s. "Those years...

    Ngā Tamatoa: 40 Years On
  • 1983
    The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

    The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

    The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

    01983HD

    Documents the cultural and ecological impacts of coal stripmining, uranium mining, and oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and...

    The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
  • 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
  • 1986
    Ikwe

    Ikwe

    Ikwe

    11986HD

    A young Ojibwa girl from 1770 marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgian Bay. Although the union is beneficial for her...

    Ikwe
  • 2021
    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

    52021HD

    An experimental look at the origin of the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, following two people as they navigate their...

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
  • 2025
    Blood Lines

    Blood Lines

    Blood Lines

    02025HD

    Whilst embarking on a lesbian relationship with the new girl in town, a Métis woman’s life is rocked to the core when her estranged...

    Blood Lines
  • 2022
    For Love

    For Love

    For Love

    7.52022HD

    In this searing documentary, Indigenous people share heartbreaking stories that reveal the injustices inflicted by the Canadian child welfare system.

    For Love
  • 2016
    When Two Worlds Collide

    When Two Worlds Collide

    When Two Worlds Collide

    7.32016HD

    In this tense and immersive tour de force, audiences are taken directly into the line of fire between powerful, opposing Peruvian leaders who will...

    When Two Worlds Collide
  • 1978
    New World

    New World

    New World

    5.81978HD

    Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous...

    New World
  • 2023
    We Will Speak

    We Will Speak

    We Will Speak

    102023HD

    The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas...

    We Will Speak
  • 2000
    Rocks at Whiskey Trench

    Rocks at Whiskey Trench

    Rocks at Whiskey Trench

    6.32000HD

    The fourth film in Alanis Obomsawin's landmark series on the Oka crisis uses a single, shameful incident as a lens through which to examine the...

    Rocks at Whiskey Trench
  • 2011
    That Which Once Was

    That Which Once Was

    That Which Once Was

    02011HD

    In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted...

    That Which Once Was
  • 2020
    Parallel Minds

    Parallel Minds

    Parallel Minds

    5.52020HD

    In the near future, technology firm Red-Eye is on the verge of developing a revolutionary contact lens that records human sight to replicate...

    Parallel Minds
  • 2003
    Is the Crown at war with us?

    Is the Crown at war with us?

    Is the Crown at war with us?

    6.52003HD

    In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of...

    Is the Crown at war with us?
  • 2017
    Crazywise

    Crazywise

    Crazywise

    62017HD

    Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing...

    Crazywise
  • 2024
    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    02024HD

    Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity....

    Red Fever
  • 2021
    Inhabitants

    Inhabitants

    Inhabitants

    92021HD

    For millennia, Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to...

    Inhabitants
  • 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
  • 2021
    Portraits from a Fire

    Portraits from a Fire

    Portraits from a Fire

    62021HD

    An Indigenous teenage boy fights through distorting realities as a family secret unravels.

    Portraits from a Fire