Indigenous Movies

  • 2009
    Little Thunder

    Little Thunder

    Little Thunder

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    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
  • 1910
    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc

    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc

    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc

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    Lost short film about the death of the last Aztec Emperor.

    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc
  • 1989
    Children of Wind River

    Children of Wind River

    Children of Wind River

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

    Children of Wind River
  • 2014
    Message from Mungo

    Message from Mungo

    Message from Mungo

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    Lake Mungo is an ancient Pleistocene lake-bed in south-western New South Wales, and is one of the world’s richest archaeological sites. Message...

    Message from Mungo
  • 2013
    The Tiger and the Deer

    The Tiger and the Deer

    The Tiger and the Deer

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    In El Salvador, Chelino tells about the indigenous massacre of 1932, of which he survived, while he teaches the melodies of traditional Salvadoran...

    The Tiger and the Deer
  • 1970
    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle

    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle

    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle

    01970HD

    She Draws a Circle reflects on the work of generations of women to interrupt cycles of violence and oppression, looking to the ways in which our...

    waawiyebii'ige: She Draws a Circle
  • 2023
    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    02023HD

    Following filmmaker Taye Alvis as he looks to reconnect to his community of Walpole Island First Nation. Taye will explore his relationship to...

    Giiwe: Returning Home
  • 1952
    Amazônia Indomável

    Amazônia Indomável

    Amazônia Indomável

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    Amazônia Indomável
  • 2019
    De la rivière à la mer

    De la rivière à la mer

    De la rivière à la mer

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    De la rivière à la mer
  • 2019
    Xadalu e o Jaguaretê

    Xadalu e o Jaguaretê

    Xadalu e o Jaguaretê

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    Documentary that accompanies the exchange between the mestizo urban artist Xadalu and the filmmaker of the Mbya Guarani ethnic group Ariel Kuaray...

    Xadalu e o Jaguaretê
  • 2023
    Cu-ckoo

    Cu-ckoo

    Cu-ckoo

    02023HD

    After moving to a new house, the hero meets an unknown girl-neighbor and immediately becomes a witness of inexplicable events. Trying to understand...

    Cu-ckoo
  • 2022
    This Is Not a Ceremony

    This Is Not a Ceremony

    This Is Not a Ceremony

    02022HD

    This cinematic VR experience offers insights into the struggles and conflicts of growing up an Indigenous man.

    This Is Not a Ceremony
  • 1937
    North Wind

    North Wind

    North Wind

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    In an indigenous village a murder occurs, and young man is sentenced to death for it. However his father, the real culprit, takes the responsibility.

    North Wind
  • 2025
    My Grandmother’s Tipi

    My Grandmother’s Tipi

    My Grandmother’s Tipi

    02025HD

    “Nuuhkuum uumichiwaapim” (« My Grandmother’s Tipi ») is an exploration of the sensorial and textural experience of a...

    My Grandmother’s Tipi
  • 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
  • 2019
    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

    02019HD

    At the end of the world, only Indigenous people can survive the toxic landscape so the white fellas steal ‘mud children’ to experiment on...

    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland
  • 2023
    Ketwajê

    Ketwajê

    Ketwajê

    02023HD

    The Mentuwajê Guardians of Culture (a group of young Krahô filmmakers) invite the Beture Collective...

    Ketwajê
  • 2019
    Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag

    Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag

    Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag

    02019HD

    Shoal Lake 40 women talk about their struggles, and those of their parents and grandparents, in trying to raise their families in a hazardous state...

    Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag
  • 2017
    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

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    The title of this video, taken from the texts of the architect Kengo Kuma, suggests a way of looking at everything as “interconnected and...

    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary
  • 2008
    Ñande Guarani (Nós Guarani)

    Ñande Guarani (Nós Guarani)

    Ñande Guarani (Nós Guarani)

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    Ñande Guarani (Nós Guarani)