Marcos Arriaga Movies

This all-Native production, by director Shelley Niro (Mohawk), is part of the Smoke Signals new wave of films that examine Native identity in the...

Johnny GreyEyes is a girl from an injun family. Since her childhood she was abused by her father and one day she killed him. She was arrested and...

A box of stunning family photos awakens grief and lost memories as they are viewed for the first time on camera.

Director Clint Alberta takes us on a hilarious and bittersweet journey into the hearts and minds of some very ordinary, extraordinary young...

A short experimental film that explores ancients natives cities in America. Images of Machu Pichu, Sacsayhuaman, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, and Mesa Verde...

These three short films consist of perceptive depictions of a public square in Lima, the view from his mother's rooftop, and work at the Toronto Film...

"City of Dreams" is the story of Marcel "Bambi" Commanda, an Ojibway man from Rama First Nation. Marcel sits in a prison cell, reciting a passage...

My Gentrification is a documentary film consisting of two independent sections that explore my experiences and observations about housing, urban...

Assembly is a short film that illustrates the struggle of the working class in Peru, in relation to the global workers movement. The grainy images,...

In his most ravishing and heartbreaking work, Arriaga ventures again to his native Peru in search of a lost friend. Along the way he encounters the...

Personifying Mother Earth, she walks through her domain. She observes her environment and what has happened to it. She weeps. She feels violated. Not...