First Nations Movies
- 2005
Johnny Tootall
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Discharged from Bosnian war, Johnny carries the weight of this war on his shoulders. He left the war with a dark and frightening secret, the murder...
- 2010
A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die6.52010HD
Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of...
- 1984
Incident at Restigouche
Incident at Restigouche7.51984HD
Incident at Restigouche is a 1984 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, chronicling a series of two raids on the Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation...
- 1957
The Navajos: Children of the Gods
The Navajos: Children of the Gods01957HD
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...
- 1924
Felix Goes West
Felix Goes West51924HD
Felix gets into trouble with a tribe of Indians out west, and is chased by a bear.
- 2018
Fast Horse
Fast Horse72018HD
The Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition returns in the astonishingly dangerous Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles with...
- 2002
Memories of Earth
Memories of Earth02002HD
Set against the unforgettable beauty of Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), Memories of Earth takes viewers on a journey...
- 2014
Trick or Treaty?
Trick or Treaty?02014HD
Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations...
- 2025
Red Girl Rising
Red Girl Rising02025HD
Joyce Jonathan Crone—Mohawk matriarch, retired teacher, activist, humanitarian—reaches forward into her community of Huntsville, Ontario,...
- 2006
From Bella Coola to Berlin
From Bella Coola to Berlin02006HD
In 1885, German Zoo owner Carl Hagenbeck hired nine Aboriginal men from Bella Coola to perform their dances and songs for German audiences. The nine...
- 1978
Journey to the Valley of the Emu
Journey to the Valley of the Emu01978HD
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.
- 2019
Now Is the Time
Now Is the Time02019HD
When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s...
- 2020
Our Law
Our Law102020HD
At Western Australia’s first Indigenous-run police station, two officers learn language and culture to help them police one of the most remote...
- 2023
Soleil de nuit
Soleil de nuit72023HD
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...
- 2017
Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier
Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier02017HD
Sensationalized in the media as a high profile catfishing case involving an NBA superstar and an aspiring model, Shelly Chartier was portrayed as a...
- 2004
Two Worlds Colliding
Two Worlds Colliding72004HD
This documentary chronicles the story of Darrell Night, an Indigenous man who was dumped by two police officers in a barren field on the outskirts of...
- 1970
Highway of Tears
Highway of Tears01970HD
Discover the endless highway in British Columbia where over 40 indigenous women and girls (by unofficial estimates) have disappeared since the 1970s.
- 2004
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii02004HD
Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. His film reveals the whole repatriation process...
- 2000
The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters
The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters02000HD
For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool. These distinctive...
- 1974
Shokee, the Everglades Panther
Shokee, the Everglades Panther01974HD
A Seminole boy spending the summer alone in the Everglades as a rite of passage helps a lost panther cub survive, but the village does not welcome...