Indigenous Movies

  • 2017
    First Daughter and the Black Snake

    First Daughter and the Black Snake

    First Daughter and the Black Snake

    52017HD

    The “Prophecy of the 7th Fire” says a “black snake” will bring destruction to the earth. For Winona LaDuke, the “black...

    First Daughter and the Black Snake
  • 2024
    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    02024HD

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

    Red Fever
  • 2024
    In This Moment

    In This Moment

    In This Moment

    102024HD

    “In This Moment” follows Love, a trans woman navigating the complexities of polyamory and self-discovery in a world that often challenges...

    In This Moment
  • 1995
    Dance Me Outside

    Dance Me Outside

    Dance Me Outside

    6.5711995HD

    Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian...

    Dance Me Outside
  • 2021
    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

    52021HD

    An experimental look at the origin of the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, following two people as they navigate their...

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
  • 2020
    Centaura

    Centaura

    Centaura

    02020HD

    Two indigenous tribes invoke the god of love, Rudá, to come and celebrate the rite of love. They believe that this god lives in the clouds and...

    Centaura
  • 2020
    Parallel Minds

    Parallel Minds

    Parallel Minds

    5.52020HD

    In the near future, technology firm Red-Eye is on the verge of developing a revolutionary contact lens that records human sight to replicate...

    Parallel Minds
  • 1986
    Ikwe

    Ikwe

    Ikwe

    11986HD

    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...

    Ikwe
  • 2020
    Stories Are in Our Bones

    Stories Are in Our Bones

    Stories Are in Our Bones

    02020HD

    In this layered short film, filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), a residential school survivor who...

    Stories Are in Our Bones
  • 1993
    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

    7.41993HD

    In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a...

    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
  • 2015
    The Seventh Fire

    The Seventh Fire

    The Seventh Fire

    62015HD

    When gang leader Rob Brown is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved...

    The Seventh Fire
  • 2019
    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

    82019HD

    When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their...

    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country
  • 2025
    Blood Lines

    Blood Lines

    Blood Lines

    02025HD

    Whilst embarking on a lesbian relationship with the new girl in town, a Métis woman’s life is rocked to the core when her estranged...

    Blood Lines
  • 2021
    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    02021HD

    This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit...

    Ainu Neno An Ainu
  • 1978
    New World

    New World

    New World

    5.81978HD

    Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous...

    New World
  • 2023
    We Will Speak

    We Will Speak

    We Will Speak

    102023HD

    The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas...

    We Will Speak
  • 2017
    Vanamagan

    Vanamagan

    Vanamagan

    6.0482017HD

    An Andaman tribal who escapes from men trying to capture his people, ends up in the care of a spoilt, rich girl, who starts to fall in love with him.

    Vanamagan
  • 2015
    La Buena Vida - The Good Life

    La Buena Vida - The Good Life

    La Buena Vida - The Good Life

    7.22015HD

    The village of Tamaquito lies deep in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu...

    La Buena Vida - The Good Life
  • 1991
    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    01991HD

    An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977,...

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
  • 2019
    Return: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit

    Return: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit

    Return: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit

    02019HD

    Concerned about the declining health of people all around them, Native American women are sparking physical and spiritual rejuvenation through...

    Return: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit