Indigenous Movies
- 2021

Daughter of a Lost Bird
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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...
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- 1947

Los pueblos dormidos (por la Quebrada de Humahuaca)
Los pueblos dormidos (por la Quebrada de Humahuaca)01947HD
Documentary about the kolla people living in North Western Argentina.
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- 1983

Our Land, Our Truth
Our Land, Our Truth71983HD
Made in collaboration with the Inuit Tungavingat Nunamini, this film focuses on those dissident members of the Inuit community who rejected the...
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- 2021

When Shadows Dance at Night
When Shadows Dance at Night02021HD
Following her brother's death, Georgia, a young college student, returns home to her reservation only to find she's become the prey of a...
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- 2012

Ngā Tamatoa: 40 Years On
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Actor Rawiri Paratene was 16 years old when he joined Māori activist group Ngā Tamatoa (Young Warriors) in the early 1970s. "Those years...
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- 2024

Red Fever
Red Fever02024HD
Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity....
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- 1971

As Long as the Rivers Run
As Long as the Rivers Run01971HD
Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washington, with particular reference to the Nisqually...
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- 2021

Inhabitants
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For millennia, Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to...
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- 2009

Trapper
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This beautiful short film captures the quiet dignity of a day in the life of a Northern trapper, without use of any dialogue.
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- 1986

Mistress Madeleine
Mistress Madeleine81986HD
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...
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- 1989

Children of Wind River
Children of Wind River01989HD
A film made by Victress Hitchcock and Ava Hamilton in 1989 on the Wind River Reservation for Wyoming Public Television.
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- 2023

The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy
The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy02023HD
Filmmaker Mary Galloway's feature documentary looks at the origins and continued impact of the famed Cowichan sweater.
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- 2025

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: Family - An Oral History Project
Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: Family - An Oral History Project102025HD
In preparation for his first major retrospective at the Oklahoma Contemporary in 2025, Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds reveals thoughts, formal...
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- 1971

Plains: Testimony of an Ethnocide
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A documentary on the massacre of Planas in the Colombian east plains in 1970. An Indigenous community formed a cooperative to defend their rights...
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- 2025

Feather Fall
Feather Fall02025HD
This short documentary revisits Mi’kmaq territory, where an iconic moment was captured in 2013—igniting into a symbol of Indigenous...
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- 2024

Las raíces de Efraín
Las raíces de Efraín02024HD
Inspired by a true discovery that occurred in 1991 (Alboyanco, Angol), the short film tells the story of a boy who, while playing hide-and-seek with...
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- 2019

Like a Mighty Wave
Like a Mighty Wave92019HD
On Wednesday, July 17th 2019, a heavily armed police force arrested 36 Native Hawaiian kūpuna peacefully protecting Maunakea from desecration....
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- 2007

Woodland Spirits
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In this documentary short, two men paddle a canoe across a remote part of northern Lake Superior. Each stroke brings them closer to the culmination...
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- 2011

Bloodland
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A social statement on the irreversible and detrimental impact of gas and oil exploration on our planet and in particular the impact that hydraulic...
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- 2024

Amazonia, an Encounter with the Guardians of the Rainforest
Amazonia, an Encounter with the Guardians of the Rainforest02024HD
With a hybrid style blending political essay and road movie, this documentary by Santiago Bertolino takes us into the heart of the Amazonian reality....
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