First Nations Movies

  • 2005
    Johnny Tootall

    Johnny Tootall

    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...

    Johnny Tootall
  • 2010
    A Good Day to Die

    A Good Day to Die

    A Good Day to Die

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    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...

    A Good Day to Die
  • 1984
    Incident at Restigouche

    Incident at Restigouche

    Incident at Restigouche

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    Incident at Restigouche is a 1984 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, chronicling a series of two raids on the Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation...

    Incident at Restigouche
  • 1957
    The Navajos: Children of the Gods

    The Navajos: Children of the Gods

    The Navajos: Children of the Gods

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    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
  • 1924
    Felix Goes West

    Felix Goes West

    Felix Goes West

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    Felix gets into trouble with a tribe of Indians out west, and is chased by a bear.

    Felix Goes West
  • 2018
    Fast Horse

    Fast Horse

    Fast Horse

    72018HD

    The Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition returns in the astonishingly dangerous Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles with...

    Fast Horse
  • 2002
    Memories of Earth

    Memories of Earth

    Memories of Earth

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    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
  • 2014
    Trick or Treaty?

    Trick or Treaty?

    Trick or Treaty?

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    Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations...

    Trick or Treaty?
  • 2025
    Red Girl Rising

    Red Girl Rising

    Red Girl Rising

    02025HD

    Joyce Jonathan Crone—Mohawk matriarch, retired teacher, activist, humanitarian—reaches forward into her community of Huntsville, Ontario,...

    Red Girl Rising
  • 2006
    From Bella Coola to Berlin

    From Bella Coola to Berlin

    From Bella Coola to Berlin

    02006HD

    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...

    From Bella Coola to Berlin
  • 1978
    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

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    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
  • 2019
    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    02019HD

    When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s...

    Now Is the Time
  • 2020
    Our Law

    Our Law

    Our Law

    102020HD

    At Western Australia’s first Indigenous-run police station, two officers learn language and culture to help them police one of the most remote...

    Our Law
  • 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
  • 2017
    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

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    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
  • 2004
    Two Worlds Colliding

    Two Worlds Colliding

    Two Worlds Colliding

    72004HD

    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...

    Two Worlds Colliding
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2000
    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

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    For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool. These distinctive...

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters
  • 1974
    Shokee, the Everglades Panther

    Shokee, the Everglades Panther

    Shokee, the Everglades Panther

    01974HD

    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...

    Shokee, the Everglades Panther