Native American Reservation Movies

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in Arizona.

Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site...

An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.

Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian...

An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977,...

When gang leader Rob Brown is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved...

It would be hard to name anyone who has had more of an impact in the realm of animal research and wildlife conservation than Jane Goodall, whose 45...

An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.

The story of Elijah Harper.....

The fourth film in Alanis Obomsawin's landmark series on the Oka crisis uses a single, shameful incident as a lens through which to examine the...

An L.A. cop tracks down a seemingly mystic murderer on an Indian reservation.

With exclusive access to the lives of 8 women, ranging in age from 10 to 98, explore powerful testimonials of loss and survival and gain insight into...

An elderly rodeo rider becomes mentor to a young man attempting to make his own name in the business.

Two journalists traverse the Grand Canyon by foot, hoping this 750-mile walk will help them better understand one of America's most revered...

A deputy sheriff defies local ranchers to investigate a Mexican's murder.

On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be;...

Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

A Swedish settler starts a war when he tries to drive Dakotas off their Wyoming reservation.

A historical film about the Seneca culture featuring the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Bury My Heart with Tonawanda tells the story of a...