Indigenous Community Movies

  • 2012
    Timuti

    Timuti

    Timuti

    02012HD

    In this short film, artist Jobie Weetaluktuk turns his gaze on his family and the power of ritual through the story of a young woman and her...

    Timuti
  • 1970
    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    01970HD

    Healing the Nation follows community members of the Toronto-based Aboriginal Healing Program as they rediscover their culture to heal from unresolved...

    Healing the nation
  • 1916
    The Cliff Dwellers of America

    The Cliff Dwellers of America

    The Cliff Dwellers of America

    01916HD

    The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...

    The Cliff Dwellers of America
  • 1994
    Innu

    Innu

    Innu

    01994HD

    Innu
  • 2019
    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    02019HD

    When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s...

    Now Is the Time
  • 2021
    Strength

    Strength

    Strength

    22021HD

    In the rugged mountains of Oaxaca, young basketball players Bernabé, Tobías, and Aniceto battle systemic barriers to redefine their...

    Strength
  • 1996
    Mumbaki

    Mumbaki

    Mumbaki

    7.51996HD

    Joseph is a young doctor who returned to his hometown in the Mountain Province to bury his father, an Ifugao chieftain, who was killed during a...

    Mumbaki
  • 1970
    Urban Elder

    Urban Elder

    Urban Elder

    91970HD

    Meet Vern Harper, Urban Elder, who walks the "Red Road" in a fast-paced, urban landscape. The camera follows Vern as he leads a sweat lodge...

    Urban Elder
  • 2023
    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance

    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance

    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance

    02023HD

    The 6 Guarani villages of Jaraguá, in São Paulo, fight for land rights, for human rights and for the preservation of nature. They...

    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance
  • 2024
    Made in Ethiopia

    Made in Ethiopia

    Made in Ethiopia

    92024HD

    When a massive Chinese factory complex attempts a high-stakes expansion in rural Ethiopia, three women in search of prosperity have their faith in...

    Made in Ethiopia
  • 2016
    Train leaves two towns

    Train leaves two towns

    Train leaves two towns

    52016HD

    In Ecuador, in a single day, the train passes from the mountainous Andes to the tropical coast. The roads were built between 1861 and 1908 to connect...

    Train leaves two towns
  • 2016
    Where Did the Swallows Go?

    Where Did the Swallows Go?

    Where Did the Swallows Go?

    02016HD

    The climate is changing, and the Indigenous peoples of the Xingu Indigenous Park, in Mato Grosso, Brazil, are reading the signs everywhere. Trees no...

    Where Did the Swallows Go?
  • 2023
    Nostalgia for the Lake

    Nostalgia for the Lake

    Nostalgia for the Lake

    62023HD

    A vision from Limbo, where the canoeist of the eternal lake floats in his boat, between sleep and wakefulness. When he sleeps, he dreams of the...

    Nostalgia for the Lake
  • 2008
    Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family

    Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family

    Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family

    02008HD

    In decades past, Native American artists who wanted to sell to mainstream collectors had little choice but to create predictable, Hollywood-style...

    Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family
  • 2011
    The Chocolate Farmer

    The Chocolate Farmer

    The Chocolate Farmer

    72011HD

    For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and...

    The Chocolate Farmer
  • 1970
    A Land Without Shadows

    A Land Without Shadows

    A Land Without Shadows

    01970HD

    The Guarani people have searched for a land without shadows for a hundred years. The beauty in their home is precious and undeniable, but climate...

    A Land Without Shadows
  • 1990
    Og Must Be Crazy

    Og Must Be Crazy

    Og Must Be Crazy

    8.51990HD

    When the anito icon was gone missing, Og, a tribesman from the Ogag tribe, was assigned to retrieve it. When he traveled to the Capital Region, he...

    Og Must Be Crazy
  • 1970
    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde

    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde

    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde

    01970HD

    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde
  • 1992
    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    01992HD

    This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

    Surviving Columbus
  • 2022
    Still We Rise

    Still We Rise

    Still We Rise

    02022HD

    50 years on, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is the oldest continuing protest occupation site in the world. Taking a fresh lens this is a bold dive into...

    Still We Rise