First Nations Movies

  • 2023
    Soleil de nuit

    Soleil de nuit

    Soleil de nuit

    72023HD

    During a training exercise in an abandoned open-pit mine, a crew of Canadian astronauts are interrupted by an Atikamekw elder, who asks them to...

    Soleil de nuit
  • 2019
    Haida Modern

    Haida Modern

    Haida Modern

    02019HD

    In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole, Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one of the world’s foremost modern artists....

    Haida Modern
  • 2016
    Cree Code Talker

    Cree Code Talker

    Cree Code Talker

    02016HD

    CREE CODE TALKER reveals the role of Canadian Cree code talker Charles 'Checker' Tomkins during the Second World War. Digging deep into the US...

    Cree Code Talker
  • 2019
    Homecoming Song

    Homecoming Song

    Homecoming Song

    02019HD

    Homecoming Song is a poetic documentary that tells the parallel stories of two men who came home. Many years ago Kaax'achgook of the Kiks.adi clan of...

    Homecoming Song
  • 1986
    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    01986HD

    This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the...

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
  • 2021
    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

    92021HD

    Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and...

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
  • 2002
    Memories of Earth

    Memories of Earth

    Memories of Earth

    02002HD

    Set against the unforgettable beauty of Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), Memories of Earth takes viewers on a journey...

    Memories of Earth
  • 2022
    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    02022HD

    Three Kiowa boys attempt to escape a government boarding school in 1891, Oklahoma.

    Ghosts
  • 2021
    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

    82021HD

    After marrying a settler, Mary Two-Axe Earley lost her legal status as a First Nations woman. Dedicating her life to activism, she campaigned to have...

    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
  • 2004
    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

    02004HD

    Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. His film reveals the whole repatriation process...

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
  • 1978
    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    01978HD

    A First Nations boy in the Australian outback adopts an injured dingo. The two of them set off on a quest to find an emu.

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu
  • 2015
    Mobilize

    Mobilize

    Mobilize

    5.92015HD

    A journey by canoe into the city creates a dynamic interconnection between natural and urban spaces, in this evocative short set to a hypnotizing...

    Mobilize
  • 2013
    Snare

    Snare

    Snare

    02013HD

    Snare
  • 1946
    Winning the West

    Winning the West

    Winning the West

    01946HD

    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
  • 2017
    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

    02017HD

    Sensationalized in the media as a high profile catfishing case involving an NBA superstar and an aspiring model, Shelly Chartier was portrayed as a...

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier
  • 1980
    Takeover

    Takeover

    Takeover

    01980HD

    About Aborigines and Australian politics. On 13 March 1978 the Queensland Government announced its intention to take over management of the Aurukun...

    Takeover
  • 2025
    Saints And Warriors

    Saints And Warriors

    Saints And Warriors

    02025HD

    Throughout the course of the Haida basketball season, leaders of iconic rez ball team the Skidegate Saints compete for two titles - defending their...

    Saints And Warriors
  • 1957
    The Navajos: Children of the Gods

    The Navajos: Children of the Gods

    The Navajos: Children of the Gods

    01957HD

    The story of the Navajo, at work and play, in the Southwestern United States, and in particular, in scenic Monument Valley. The film focuses on a...

    The Navajos: Children of the Gods
  • 2010
    Choke

    Choke

    Choke

    02010HD

    When Jimmy leaves his reservation for the lures of city life, he finds himself confronted with a future he could never have imagined.

    Choke
  • 1979
    Bill Reid

    Bill Reid

    Bill Reid

    01979HD

    Follows Haida artist Bill Reid, from British Columbia. A jeweller and wood carver, he works on a traditional Haida totem pole. We watch the gradual...

    Bill Reid