Indigenous Movies

  • 2023
    A Bear Named Jesus

    A Bear Named Jesus

    A Bear Named Jesus

    102023HD

    At Archer’s Aunty Gladys’ funeral, he hears a tap on the window — it’s a bear named Jesus, who has come for Archer’s...

    A Bear Named Jesus
  • 2021
    The Trip

    The Trip

    The Trip

    6.12021HD

    In this honest and deeply personal account of living with addiction, a young man talks about the realities and challenges of living in the...

    The Trip
  • 2019
    Even in the Silence

    Even in the Silence

    Even in the Silence

    02019HD

    Rachel, a young Mohawk woman, struggles with the aftermath of a terrible drunk-driving incident, forcing her to confront her trauma and mistakes in...

    Even in the Silence
  • 2020
    Red Autumn

    Red Autumn

    Red Autumn

    02020HD

    Historical heritage documentary about the disease that, 100 years ago, occurred during and after the Mexican Revolution. This film presents real...

    Red Autumn
  • 2010
    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    02010HD

    The wild beauty of the Bella Coola Valley blends with vivid watercolor animation illuminating the role of the Nuxalk oral tradition and the...

    Cry Rock
  • 2018
    Acoustic Ocean

    Acoustic Ocean

    Acoustic Ocean

    02018HD

    Acoustic Ocean is an artistic exploration of the sonic ecology of marine life in the North Atlantic. Located on the Lofoten Islands in Northern...

    Acoustic Ocean
  • 2017
    Miro

    Miro

    Miro

    02017HD

    When Miro returns home at the end of World War II he finds his land taken, his people gone, his daughter stolen and his service record treated with...

    Miro
  • 1970
    Voices That Heal

    Voices That Heal

    Voices That Heal

    01970HD

    Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient...

    Voices That Heal
  • 2021
    Fairy Creek: The Last Stand

    Fairy Creek: The Last Stand

    Fairy Creek: The Last Stand

    02021HD

    In less than 150 years, 97.3% of British Columbia's old growth forests have been logged. These ancient trees and their ecosystems have been lost...

    Fairy Creek: The Last Stand
  • 2022
    No Māori Allowed

    No Māori Allowed

    No Māori Allowed

    82022HD

    When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, including kaumātua who have never told their...

    No Māori Allowed
  • 1954
    Boos and Arrows

    Boos and Arrows

    Boos and Arrows

    01954HD

    Casper the Friendly Ghost helps Little Feather go hunting.

    Boos and Arrows
  • 2019
    Jewel’s Hunt

    Jewel’s Hunt

    Jewel’s Hunt

    02019HD

    Sixteen-year-old Jewel Wilson is the next generation in a long line of prolific Inupiat subsistence hunters in Unalakleet, Alaska. Her ability to...

    Jewel’s Hunt
  • 2017
    Shinaab

    Shinaab

    Shinaab

    02017HD

    An Anishinaabe man is restless and isolated in the city of Minneapolis, haunted by an ominous sense that he doesn’t belong. Shinaab eerily...

    Shinaab
  • 1978
    The Red Dress

    The Red Dress

    The Red Dress

    71978HD

    Kelly is a Métis man without treaty or hunting rights, struggling to sustain his traditional life. His daughter Theresa longs for a red dress...

    The Red Dress
  • 2025
    Soul of the Desert

    Soul of the Desert

    Soul of the Desert

    52025HD

    A documentary on the road that tracks the journey by Georgina, an elderly transgender woman forced to cross the sandy peninsula Guajira, on foot, to...

    Soul of the Desert
  • 1977
    Kevin Alec

    Kevin Alec

    Kevin Alec

    01977HD

    In the mountainous country near Lillooet, British Columbia, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with...

    Kevin Alec
  • 1970
    This Land

    This Land

    This Land

    01970HD

    In 1974 a group of Mohawk Indians occupied a defunct girls camp in New York's Adirondack mountains and established a community they called Ganienkeh....

    This Land
  • 1970
    PaaPaa Chipskwenewh Sibii

    PaaPaa Chipskwenewh Sibii

    PaaPaa Chipskwenewh Sibii

    01970HD

    PaaPaa Chipskwenewh Sibii
  • 2016
    Canyon Song

    Canyon Song

    Canyon Song

    02016HD

    This short film follows Tonisha, Toneil and their family as they reclaim their Navajo history and reconnect with ancestors within the canyon walls.

    Canyon Song
  • 2009
    Trapper

    Trapper

    Trapper

    02009HD

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

    Trapper