First Nations Movies
- 2009
How People Got Fire
How People Got Fire02009HD
This introspective short animation takes place In the village of Carcross, in the Tagish First Nation. Neighbourhood pillar Grandma Kay tell the...
- 2003
Is the Crown at war with us?
Is the Crown at war with us?6.52003HD
In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of...
- 2010
A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die6.52010HD
Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of...
- 1970
The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims
The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims01970HD
"A documentary film which looks at the issue of British Columbia Native land claims and how the aboriginals link their culture to the land, which has...
- 1969
Varda, the Peregrine Falcon
Varda, the Peregrine Falcon01969HD
A Seminole Indian captures a falcon on its yearly migration, but it yearns to be free.
- 1990
The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son
The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son01990HD
Animated Canadian film.
- 2023
Double M Country
Double M Country02023HD
Carrie Davis was part of the child removal system near the end of the Sixties Scoop. With guidance from her uncle Emmett Sack and the community,...
- 2023
WINHANGANHA
WINHANGANHA02023HD
WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is...
- 1976
Salmon People
Salmon People01976HD
Contrasting ancient myth and modern reality, this short documentary examines the legendary relationship between West Coast Indigenous people and...
- 2021
Le grand solstice
Le grand solstice02021HD
- 1969
You Are on Indian Land
You Are on Indian Land91969HD
The territory of Akwesasne straddles the Canada-U.S. border. When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal...
- 2021
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy02021HD
Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and...
- 1964
Haida Carver
Haida Carver01964HD
On Canada's Pacific coast this film finds a young Haida artist, Robert Davidson, shaping miniature totems from argillite, a jet-like stone. The film...
- 2018
Indian Rights for Indian Women
Indian Rights for Indian Women02018HD
Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights.
- 2008
Our Spirits Don't Speak English
Our Spirits Don't Speak English02008HD
Told from the Native American perspective, this documentary will uncover the dark history of the U.S. government and will give a voice to the...
- 2009
Kissed by Lightning
Kissed by Lightning02009HD
Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter from Canada haunted by the tragic death of her husband, who was hit by lightning. She paints the stories he used...
- 1993
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance7.31993HD
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...
- 2005
Johnny Tootall
Johnny Tootall02005HD
Discharged from Bosnian war, Johnny carries the weight of this war on his shoulders. He left the war with a dark and frightening secret, the murder...
- 2014
Trick or Treaty?
Trick or Treaty?02014HD
Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations...
- 1985
Banduk
Banduk01985HD
Banduk discovers that Mr Kool is smuggling birds out of Australia.