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Tea Creek (2024)
0 / 10

Against the backdrop of colonization and the climate crisis, Jacob Beaton, a passionate Indigenous entrepreneur, has embarked on a remarkable...

Atikamekw Suns (2024)
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Drama

Atikamekw Suns is based on the tragic true story of five young people from the Atikamekw First Nation community of Matawan, Quebec who were found...

Dance Me Outside (1995)
6.8 / 10

Drama, Crime, Comedy

Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian...

Forests (2022)
9 / 10

Documentary

In a dark, ambiguous environment, minuscule particles drift slowly before the lens. The image focuses to reveal spruce trees and tall pines, while...

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
7.3 / 10

Documentary

In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a historic...

When Two Worlds Collide (2016)
7.3 / 10

Documentary

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

For Love (2022)
7.5 / 10

Documentary

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

Mayan Renaissance (2012)
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Documentary

Mayan Renaissance is a feature length film which documents the glory of the ancient Maya civilization, the Spanish conquest in 1519, 500 years of...

Sweetheart Dancers (2019)
9 / 10

Documentary

Sean and Adrian, a Two-Spirit couple, are determined to rewrite the rules of Native American culture through their participation in the “Sweetheart...

Piripkura (2018)
8 / 10

Documentary

The last two surviving members of the Piripkura people, a nomadic tribe in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil, struggle to maintain their indigenous...

Mother Tongue (2015)
0 / 10

Documentary

"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into Maya-Ixil—5.5%...

Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun (2023)
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Documentary

An intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman and the deep bonds between her father and family in the golden plains of Blackfoot...

Kissed by Lightning (2009)
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Drama, Family

Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter from Canada haunted by the tragic death of her husband, who was hit by lightning. She paints the stories he used...

Nanook Taxi (1977)
6 / 10

Comedy, Drama

Ningiuksiak, an Inuk who lives in the settlement of Cape Dorset, is on a hunt with his family. On his way back to Cape Dorset, Ningiuksiak's...

New World (1978)
5.9 / 10

History, Drama

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

Nuxalk Radio (2020)
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Documentary

A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio, a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalk language alive while broadcasting the laws of the lands and...

Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance (2002)
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Documentary

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...

MONTAÑAS (2019)
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Documentary

Bolivia's Climbing Cholitas - a group of indigenous women scaling the Andes Mountains, some of the highest peaks in the world. Shot in Bolivia for...

Invasion (2020)
8.3 / 10

Documentary

In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger...

Rez Ball (1969)
0 / 10

Drama

The Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from Chuska, New Mexico, must band together after losing their star player, if...