Indigenous Peoples Movies

  • 1995
    My Name Is Kahentiiosta

    My Name Is Kahentiiosta

    My Name Is Kahentiiosta

    81995HD

    This documentary short by Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis' 78-day...

    My Name Is Kahentiiosta
  • 1998
    La isla del Infierno

    La isla del Infierno

    La isla del Infierno

    6.51998HD

    A young slave whishes returning to his homeland, the Canary Islands, after twenty years of captivity in Spain. For that reason he will travel as...

    La isla del Infierno
  • 2020
    The Fall

    The Fall

    The Fall

    02020HD

    A father struggles to maintain life with his two young daughters amidst the unknown return of their drug addicted mother.

    The Fall
  • 2015
    Tanna

    Tanna

    Tanna

    6.6582015HD

    In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal...

    Tanna
  • 1970
    This Was the Time

    This Was the Time

    This Was the Time

    01970HD

    When Masset, a Haida village in Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), held a potlatch, it seemed as if the past grandeur of...

    This Was the Time
  • 2025
    The Good Canadian

    The Good Canadian

    The Good Canadian

    12025HD

    The world knows the image of the good Canadian. But what if there was a dark secret behind a national identity? THE GOOD CANADIAN exposes the truth...

    The Good Canadian
  • 1975
    Man Who Chooses the Bush

    Man Who Chooses the Bush

    Man Who Chooses the Bush

    01975HD

    This short documentary follows Frank Ladouceur, a man who lives alone for months at a time, trapping muskrat in the vast, desolate wilderness of...

    Man Who Chooses the Bush
  • 1995
    Our Indians

    Our Indians

    Our Indians

    5.51995HD

    Yndio do Brasil is a collage of hundreds of Brazilian films and films from other countries - features, newsreels and documentaries - that show how...

    Our Indians
  • 1970
    Life on Victor Street

    Life on Victor Street

    Life on Victor Street

    01970HD

    This short documentary depicts an Aboriginal Winnipeg teen’s struggle to stay in school and away from local gangs. Filmed over 2 years, the...

    Life on Victor Street
  • 1969
    These Are My People...

    These Are My People...

    These Are My People...

    01969HD

    This documentary short is the first film made by an all-Aboriginal film crew, training under the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. It was shot at...

    These Are My People...
  • 1975
    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

    01975HD

    Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the...

    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance
  • 1963
    Attiuk

    Attiuk

    Attiuk

    01963HD

    The people of Unamenshipu (La Romaine), an Innu community in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, are seen but not heard in this richly detailed...

    Attiuk
  • 2024
    Ainu Puri

    Ainu Puri

    Ainu Puri

    02024HD

    Shigeki, one of the Ainu people of northern Japan, follows the traditions of his ancestors and teaches his son Motoki about their heritage. But how...

    Ainu Puri
  • 1989
    Powwow Highway

    Powwow Highway

    Powwow Highway

    6.61989HD

    Two Northern Cheyenne men take a road trip from Montana to New Mexico to bail out the sister of one of them who has been framed and arrested in Santa...

    Powwow Highway
  • 2002
    The Call of Fayu Ujmu

    The Call of Fayu Ujmu

    The Call of Fayu Ujmu

    02002HD

    A 13-year-old Indian boy is found unconscious after being attacked in the jungle by the evil spirit Fayu Ujmu. A shaman attempts to ritually tame the...

    The Call of Fayu Ujmu
  • 2004
    Through These Eyes

    Through These Eyes

    Through These Eyes

    02004HD

    A 1970s American elementary school program encouraging students to figure out for themselves the universal building blocks of human community —...

    Through These Eyes
  • 2022
    Wabano: The Light of the Day

    Wabano: The Light of the Day

    Wabano: The Light of the Day

    02022HD

    Nestled at the heart of Canada’s national capital, the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health has been a haven for generations of Indigenous...

    Wabano: The Light of the Day
  • 2014
    LaDonna Harris: Indian 101

    LaDonna Harris: Indian 101

    LaDonna Harris: Indian 101

    12014HD

    A documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native political and social activism, and is now passing on...

    LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
  • 2023
    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

    02023HD

    Part oral history and part visual poem, Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher is the story of Evelyn Campbell, a trailblazer for an Inuit-led educational...

    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher
  • 1980
    Nose and Tina

    Nose and Tina

    Nose and Tina

    01980HD

    The unusual story of Nose and Tina, 2 people in love. He is employed as a brakeman, she as a sex worker.

    Nose and Tina