Indigenous Peoples Movies

  • 1998
    My Colour, Your Kind

    My Colour, Your Kind

    My Colour, Your Kind

    01998HD

    A portrait of an albino Aboriginal teenager, her feelings of alienation while at a convent boarding school, and her dreams of escape.

    My Colour, Your Kind
  • 1956
    The Longer Trail

    The Longer Trail

    The Longer Trail

    01956HD

    A young indigenous man contracts tuberculosis and is sent to the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton. He struggles with the aftereffects of...

    The Longer Trail
  • 2022
    Arctic Song

    Arctic Song

    Arctic Song

    02022HD

    Depicts Inuit creation stories in all their glory. Arctic Song tells stories of how the land, sea and sky came to be in beautifully rendered...

    Arctic Song
  • 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
  • 2013
    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    02013HD

    TOKYO Ainu features the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, living in Greater Tokyo (Tokyo and its surrounding areas), who are and actively in...

    Tokyo Ainu
  • 2017
    One Heart: One Spirit

    One Heart: One Spirit

    One Heart: One Spirit

    02017HD

    An Aboriginal Australian and Native American documentary narrated by award-winning actor Jack Thompson, One Heart-One Spirit tells the story of...

    One Heart: One Spirit
  • 1975
    Bella Bella

    Bella Bella

    Bella Bella

    01975HD

    This documentary short is an introduction to the Bella Bella (Heiltsuk) of Campbell Island, 500 km North of Vancouver on the Pacific Coast. Since the...

    Bella Bella
  • 2017
    In the Beginning was Water and Sky

    In the Beginning was Water and Sky

    In the Beginning was Water and Sky

    92017HD

    A haunting and visually stunning fairytale that blends the horrors of fantasy and the real life historical events of colonization and Indian Boarding...

    In the Beginning was Water and Sky
  • 2020
    Sky Islands

    Sky Islands

    Sky Islands

    6.52020HD

    A mountainous expanse of the Solomon Islands, known as Sky Aelans, hides in the clouds. Here, there is a chorus of animals, every tree has a story...

    Sky Islands
  • 1977
    Get Out of Here!

    Get Out of Here!

    Get Out of Here!

    01977HD

    A rural community in the Ecuadorian Andes suddenly faces a land dispute with the legal representatives of a large company. The discovery of very rich...

    Get Out of Here!
  • 2020
    Cholitas

    Cholitas

    Cholitas

    72020HD

    Five Bolivian indigenous women share one goal: climbing the highest mountain in America.

    Cholitas
  • 2007
    Taromenani

    Taromenani

    Taromenani

    02007HD

    In May 2003, around 30 women and children were murdered in the Ecuadorian jungle. The victims belonged to the Taromenani clan, an uncontacted...

    Taromenani
  • 2016
    Way of Giants

    Way of Giants

    Way of Giants

    8.72016HD

    In a forest of giant trees, six-year-old Oquirá embarks on a quest to understand life.

    Way of Giants
  • 2020
    Deep Roots

    Deep Roots

    Deep Roots

    02020HD

    Lonnie Kauk’s personal journey to honor his indigenous Yosemite roots, and to connect with his legendary father by repeating his iconic climbs.

    Deep Roots
  • 2002
    How the Fiddle Flows

    How the Fiddle Flows

    How the Fiddle Flows

    02002HD

    How the Fiddle Flows follows Canada's great rivers west along the fur-trading route of the early Europeans. The newcomers introduced the fiddle to...

    How the Fiddle Flows
  • 2022
    Eami

    Eami

    Eami

    5.6672022HD

    Eami means ‘forest’ in Ayoreo. It also means ‘world’. The story happens in the Paraguayan Chaco, the territory with the...

    Eami
  • 2014
    Café

    Café

    Café

    52014HD

    In the town of San Miguel Tzinacapan, in Puebla’s Nahua Mountain Range, a family lost its father. His absence transforms the lives of those who...

    Café
  • 1970
    Highway of Tears

    Highway of Tears

    Highway of Tears

    01970HD

    Discover the endless highway in British Columbia where over 40 indigenous women and girls (by unofficial estimates) have disappeared since the 1970s.

    Highway of Tears
  • 2023
    Mborairapé

    Mborairapé

    Mborairapé

    02023HD

    RAP is a music path. Jaraguá is Guarani.

    Mborairapé
  • 2023
    Monica in the South Seas

    Monica in the South Seas

    Monica in the South Seas

    02023HD

    Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty, and seemingly the sole member of the family...

    Monica in the South Seas