indigenous women movies

Fancy Dance (2024)
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Drama

Following her sister's disappearance, Jax and her niece Roki must stick together. Desperate to keep what's left of their family intact, Jax and Roki...

Mistress Madeleine (1986)
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History, Drama

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...

Gabriela (2023)
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A young undocumented Guatemalan woman dreams of joining a Country Club swim team in the American South.

Nuuca (2018)
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Documentary

In this evocative meditation, a disturbing link is made between the resource extraction industries’ exploitation of the land and violence inflicted...

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...

Finding Dawn (2006)
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Documentary

Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh presents a compelling documentary that puts a human face on a national tragedy: the murders and...

Ikwe (1986)
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Drama, TV Movie, History

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...

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...

Totsu (Redbird) (2020)
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Science Fiction

An indigenous woman must confront a mysterious predator in parallel worlds of prehistory and dystopian future.

The Letter (2014)
4 / 10

Drama, Romance

A young woman returns to her rural Mexican village after a few years away to find out if her first love can be revived.

Women in the Shadows (1991)
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Documentary, History

Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...

These Walls (2012)
7 / 10

Horror, Thriller

Mary is catapulted into a horrific struggle to right old wrongs when she discovers the bones of the missing and murdered babies of an Indian...

Cosmovisions (2022)
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Documentary

In Southern Bahia, seven indigenous women invite to reflection, sharing their mythology, ancestry and paths to living well.

Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible (2020)
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Documentary

As the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women epidemic affects tribal communities, a group of Blackfeet women tackle the threat head-on by...

Amá (2018)
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Documentary

Amá is a feature length documentary which tells an important and untold story: the abuses committed against Native American women by the United...

Waira (2024)
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Drama

In an isolated community, a young indigenous woman fights for her freedom after enduring sexual assaults. Confronted with a life-altering decision,...

Without a Whisper - Konnón:kwe (2020)
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Documentary

"Without a Whisper" is the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality. Mohawk Clan...

Las mujeres deciden (2017)
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Documentary

Maria, a young Spanish doctor, works in a maternity hospital in the Ecuadorian rain forest. She is shocked about the premature pregnancies and the...

The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters (2000)
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Documentary

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

Surviving Columbus (1992)
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Documentary, TV Movie

Surviving Columbus: The Story of the Pueblo People follows the past 450 years of Pueblo history. It explores the Spanish colonial period of the 18th...