Indigenous Movies

  • 1995
    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

    81995HD

    A Chippewa prophecy foretells a time called the 7th Fire when lost traditions will be recovered. Native American filmmaker Sandra Sunrising Osawa...

    Lighting the 7th Fire
  • 1970
    Untitled Wendigo Short Film

    Untitled Wendigo Short Film

    Untitled Wendigo Short Film

    01970HD

    Found footage/mockumentary wendigo dark comedy. More info to come

    Untitled Wendigo Short Film
  • 2022
    Once Upon a Time in the Bay

    Once Upon a Time in the Bay

    Once Upon a Time in the Bay

    02022HD

    When two LGBTQ+ Indigenous friends desperately search for fellow gay people in a straight-ass NZ beach town, they find that the true pot of gold at...

    Once Upon a Time in the Bay
  • 2013
    Vende-se Pequi

    Vende-se Pequi

    Vende-se Pequi

    02013HD

    The Manoki people live in northwestern Mato Grosso, Brazil, and one of their main economic activities is selling pequi, a local fruit, on the...

    Vende-se Pequi
  • 2022
    Gros chat

    Gros chat

    Gros chat

    02022HD

    Siméon Malec, host on Pakueshikan FM radio, receives Marie-Soleil Bellefleur on the air to discuss new regulations concerning salmon nets. To...

    Gros chat
  • 1970
    First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath

    First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath

    First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath

    01970HD

    Twenty-eight Indigenous youth kayak the entire 300-miles of the Klamath River, from its headwaters to the Pacific Ocean, completing the full length...

    First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath
  • 2024
    Anishinaabemowin

    Anishinaabemowin

    Anishinaabemowin

    02024HD

    Thea is an 8-year-old Ojibwe girl who is in the process of learning how to speak her traditional language from her mother.

    Anishinaabemowin
  • 1970
    Pow Wow Summer

    Pow Wow Summer

    Pow Wow Summer

    01970HD

    A coming-of-age story that follows two teenagers in love doing the Pow wow circuit.

    Pow Wow Summer
  • 2013
    Postcards from Indigenous Taiwan

    Postcards from Indigenous Taiwan

    Postcards from Indigenous Taiwan

    02013HD

    An insight into the Indigenous culture and traditions in Taiwan, from clothing, tattooing, art and music to tourist destinations.

    Postcards from Indigenous Taiwan
  • 2026
    Under the Peach Trees: The Story of the Hochstetler Family

    Under the Peach Trees: The Story of the Hochstetler Family

    Under the Peach Trees: The Story of the Hochstetler Family

    02026HD

    A massive family association gathers hundreds of people from across the country to celebrate their common ancestor: An Amishman named Jacob...

    Under the Peach Trees: The Story of the Hochstetler Family
  • 2022
    Closeness to the Land

    Closeness to the Land

    Closeness to the Land

    02022HD

    In 2020, just as the pandemic was beginning, Gazala purchased land in western Ohio, on which sits a disused school building. This site allowed her to...

    Closeness to the Land
  • 1973
    La vieille réserve

    La vieille réserve

    La vieille réserve

    01973HD

    La vieille réserve
  • 2022
    Where do I Belong

    Where do I Belong

    Where do I Belong

    02022HD

    In a continuation of her first film We Are Not Speaking the Same Language, Danika explains what it feels like to be displaced Indigenous urban.

    Where do I Belong
  • 2022
    Le coureur des bois et le Nutshimiu-innu

    Le coureur des bois et le Nutshimiu-innu

    Le coureur des bois et le Nutshimiu-innu

    02022HD

    Filmmaker Éli Laliberté explores Nitassinan, an Innu territory north of Sept-Îles. His camera follows Clément and...

    Le coureur des bois et le Nutshimiu-innu
  • 2009
    Little Thunder

    Little Thunder

    Little Thunder

    02009HD

    This animated short, inspired by the Mi'kmaq legend "The Stone Canoe" explores Indigenous humour. We follow Little Thunder as he reluctantly leaves...

    Little Thunder
  • 1970
    The Ninth Island

    The Ninth Island

    The Ninth Island

    01970HD

    "The Ninth Island" tells the story of Hawaii’s indigenous population and its struggles to stay connected to its ancestral home.

    The Ninth Island
  • 1968
    Travelling College

    Travelling College

    Travelling College

    01968HD

    Travelling College
  • 2007
    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited

    72007HD

    This short documentary presents the empowering story of Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette's struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community as a...

    First Stories: Two Spirited
  • 2019
    Dance with the Heart

    Dance with the Heart

    Dance with the Heart

    02019HD

    Marina is a girl who discovers the legends and traditions of her ancestors on a magical journey through the nature that surrounds her and takes her...

    Dance with the Heart
  • 2016
    Kablunât: Legend of the Origin of the White People

    Kablunât: Legend of the Origin of the White People

    Kablunât: Legend of the Origin of the White People

    02016HD

    His recent animation Kablunât: Legend of the Origin of the White People (2016) draws from a Nunatsiavummiut legend recorded by a Moravian...

    Kablunât: Legend of the Origin of the White People