Indigenous Movies

  • 1991
    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá

    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá

    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá

    01991HD

    Poetic rescue of the memory of our Tupinambá ancestors. Considered extinct in the 16th century. The film has the testimony of Verá...

    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá
  • 2024
    Praia da Saudade

    Praia da Saudade

    Praia da Saudade

    102024HD

    A documentary about climate change in Brazil, especially at Atafona Beach (in the Campos de Goytacazes region), which is being swallowed up by the...

    Praia da Saudade
  • 1970
    Qimmik

    Qimmik

    Qimmik

    01970HD

    Qimmik
  • 2019
    Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within

    Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within

    Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within

    02019HD

    For four years, the Jicarilla Apache Nation's Johnson O'Malley program, led by Lynn Roanhorse, and Holt Hamilton Films have joined forces to...

    Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within
  • 2017
    Holy Angels

    Holy Angels

    Holy Angels

    02017HD

    Documentary about the Holy Angels Residential School in Alberta, where hundreds of First Nations children were imprisoned.

    Holy Angels
  • 2008
    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

    02008HD

    This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the...

    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony
  • 1999
    Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

    Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

    Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

    01999HD

    As the name of this short film promises, a filmmaker (Merata Mita), a cook (Anne Thorp) and a singer (Moana Maniapoto) sit down for an interview at...

    Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
  • 1970
    Nika tsheka uiten mishkut

    Nika tsheka uiten mishkut

    Nika tsheka uiten mishkut

    01970HD

    Nika tsheka uiten mishkut
  • 2022
    The Pretendians

    The Pretendians

    The Pretendians

    82022HD

    Anishinaabe author Drew Hayden Taylor investigates how — and why — Indigenous identity, culture and art are being appropriated by those...

    The Pretendians
  • 2023
    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    02023HD

    Following filmmaker Taye Alvis as he looks to reconnect to his community of Walpole Island First Nation. Taye will explore his relationship to...

    Giiwe: Returning Home
  • 2021
    Hop Along Hang On

    Hop Along Hang On

    Hop Along Hang On

    02021HD

    Rose the rabbit seeks her way home in this poetic story of reclamation, recovery, and reconciliation.

    Hop Along Hang On
  • 2021
    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    02021HD

    What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child...

    Daughter of a Lost Bird
  • 2020
    Four Corners: Saving the Amazon

    Four Corners: Saving the Amazon

    Four Corners: Saving the Amazon

    72020HD

    The Amazon plays a vital part in regulating the planet's temperature. Yet, last year, forest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon soared by 85 per...

    Four Corners: Saving the Amazon
  • 2017
    Chinanteco. Jujmi La niña del Río

    Chinanteco. Jujmi La niña del Río

    Chinanteco. Jujmi La niña del Río

    102017HD

    Chinanteco. Jujmi La niña del Río
  • 2023
    Ephemera

    Ephemera

    Ephemera

    02023HD

    A two-spirit male cruises a hook-up app as he looks for companionship for the night. A welcomed familiar person invites him over as he contemplates...

    Ephemera
  • 2004
    Innu Nikamu (festival de musique autochtone)

    Innu Nikamu (festival de musique autochtone)

    Innu Nikamu (festival de musique autochtone)

    02004HD

    Innu Nikamu (festival de musique autochtone)
  • 1970
    Olga

    Olga

    Olga

    101970HD

    Heta ysyryre gueteri jahasata. Translating from guaraní: Many ways to go! Olga inhabits this world. Just like every day, Olga gets up to have...

    Olga
  • 2019
    The Crying Fields

    The Crying Fields

    The Crying Fields

    02019HD

    A deep dive into the history of the Canadian Government and the Department of National Defence leasing First Nations reserves as practice bombing...

    The Crying Fields
  • 2009
    Vistas: Red Ochre

    Vistas: Red Ochre

    Vistas: Red Ochre

    02009HD

    Combining archival photos with new and found footage, this short film presents a personal, impressionistic rendering of what it's like growing up...

    Vistas: Red Ochre
  • 2001
    Forever in Our Hearts: Memories of the Hebron Relocation

    Forever in Our Hearts: Memories of the Hebron Relocation

    Forever in Our Hearts: Memories of the Hebron Relocation

    02001HD

    In 1999, Innu community members who, 40 years previously, had been forcibly relocated from their remote northern region of Labrador to established...

    Forever in Our Hearts: Memories of the Hebron Relocation