First Nations Movies
- 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...
- 2019
Haida Modern
Haida Modern02019HD
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....
- 2016
Cree Code Talker
Cree Code Talker02016HD
CREE CODE TALKER reveals the role of Canadian Cree code talker Charles 'Checker' Tomkins during the Second World War. Digging deep into the US...
- 2019
Homecoming Song
Homecoming Song02019HD
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...
- 1986
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child01986HD
This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the...
- 2021
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy92021HD
Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and...
- 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...
- 2022
Ghosts
Ghosts02022HD
Three Kiowa boys attempt to escape a government boarding school in 1891, Oklahoma.
- 2021
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again82021HD
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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 2015
Mobilize
Mobilize5.92015HD
A journey by canoe into the city creates a dynamic interconnection between natural and urban spaces, in this evocative short set to a hypnotizing...
- 2013
Snare
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- 1946
Winning the West
Winning the West01946HD
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...
- 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...
- 1980
Takeover
Takeover01980HD
About Aborigines and Australian politics. On 13 March 1978 the Queensland Government announced its intention to take over management of the Aurukun...
- 2025
Saints And Warriors
Saints And Warriors02025HD
Throughout the course of the Haida basketball season, leaders of iconic rez ball team the Skidegate Saints compete for two titles - defending their...
- 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...
- 2010
Choke
Choke02010HD
When Jimmy leaves his reservation for the lures of city life, he finds himself confronted with a future he could never have imagined.
- 1979
Bill Reid
Bill Reid01979HD
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...