Indigenous Movies

  • 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
  • 1991
    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá

    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá

    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá

    01991HD

    Poetic rescue of the memory of our Tupinambá ancestors. Considered extinct in the 16th century. The film has the testimony of Verá...

    Ñanderú - Panorâmica Tupinambá
  • 2020
    Sonho de Fogo

    Sonho de Fogo

    Sonho de Fogo

    02020HD

    Sonho de Fogo
  • 2026
    Ahyoka

    Ahyoka

    Ahyoka

    02026HD

    ᎠᏲᎧ is a portrait of Ahyoka Youngdeer, Cherokee culture bearer, teacher, and two-spirit activist. Weaving her own life with a...

    Ahyoka
  • 2017
    Chinanteco. Jujmi La niña del Río

    Chinanteco. Jujmi La niña del Río

    Chinanteco. Jujmi La niña del Río

    102017HD

    Chinanteco. Jujmi La niña del Río
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    The John Muir

    The John Muir

    The John Muir

    01970HD

    Some people think John Muir was a hero. Others: not so much. The Adventure Brothers hike the famous John Muir Trail (a.k.a. Nüümü...

    The John Muir
  • 2023
    Ephemera

    Ephemera

    Ephemera

    02023HD

    A two-spirit male cruises a hook-up app as he looks for companionship for the night. A welcomed familiar person invites him over as he contemplates...

    Ephemera
  • 2018
    Biidaaban: First Light

    Biidaaban: First Light

    Biidaaban: First Light

    02018HD

    Toronto’s town square is flooded. The city’s infrastructure has merged with local flora. In this radically different future, people have...

    Biidaaban: First Light
  • 2023
    The Delightful One

    The Delightful One

    The Delightful One

    02023HD

    In the form of a poetic love letter to its nation, this short film reveals a strong community and the anchoring of the new generation in this rich...

    The Delightful One
  • 1970
    Filhos de Macuinaíma

    Filhos de Macuinaíma

    Filhos de Macuinaíma

    81970HD

    Documentary about the life of three families living in the city of Boa Vista, north of Brazil. Some of them look for a more intense daily life going...

    Filhos de Macuinaíma
  • 1946
    Winning the West

    Winning the West

    Winning the West

    91946HD

    The big bad cats are the villains/Indians, and the little mice are the settlers going west in their little covered wagons, and the Indians are on a...

    Winning the West
  • 1910
    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc

    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc

    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc

    01910HD

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

    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc
  • 2002
    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    02002HD

    Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then...

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance
  • 2009
    Vistas: Red Ochre

    Vistas: Red Ochre

    Vistas: Red Ochre

    02009HD

    Combining archival photos with new and found footage, this short film presents a personal, impressionistic rendering of what it's like growing up...

    Vistas: Red Ochre
  • 2017
    Huahua

    Huahua

    Huahua

    52017HD

    A couple of young indigenous people are going to be parents. This news arouses their concern about the identity with which they will educate and...

    Huahua
  • 2016
    Neiwa

    Neiwa

    Neiwa

    02016HD

    Fate has foreseen two different paths for the inseparable twin brothers Orlando and Lisandro. One will take up the traditional path of the Huichol...

    Neiwa
  • 2023
    Arc-en-noir

    Arc-en-noir

    Arc-en-noir

    02023HD

    Beatnik contemporary revival in the voice of a francophone queer métis gives voice to thoughts, desires, and struggles of a queer indigenous...

    Arc-en-noir
  • 2018
    Como Fotografei os Yanomami

    Como Fotografei os Yanomami

    Como Fotografei os Yanomami

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    Como Fotografei os Yanomami