First Nations Movies
- 2010
Waseteg
Waseteg52010HD
The story of a young Mi'kmaq girl whose name means "the light from the dawn."
- 2015
Nimmikaage: She Dances for People
Nimmikaage: She Dances for People02015HD
Both a requiem for and an honoring of Canada's First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women, this short film deconstructs the layers of Canadian...
- 1970
Watchers of the Land
Watchers of the Land01970HD
What does it mean to connect with your ancestral land? In the Northwest Territories of Canada, young people from the Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation...
- 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...
- 1990
The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son
The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son01990HD
Animated Canadian film.
- 2020
Nin E Tepueian: My Cry
Nin E Tepueian: My Cry72020HD
NIN E TEPUEIAN - MY CRY is a documentary tracks the journey of Innu poet, actress and activist, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, at a pivotal time in...
- 2025
Red Girl Rising
Red Girl Rising02025HD
Joyce Jonathan Crone—Mohawk matriarch, retired teacher, activist, humanitarian—reaches forward into her community of Huntsville, Ontario,...
- 2023
s-yéwyáw: Awaken
s-yéwyáw: Awaken02023HD
Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as Indigenous multimedia changemakers learn and document the teachings of their Elders. Ecko Aleck of the...
- 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.
- 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...
- 2009
How People Got Fire
How People Got Fire02009HD
This introspective short animation takes place In the village of Carcross, in the Tagish First Nation. Neighbourhood pillar Grandma Kay tell the...
- 2021
The Beast of Brushy Creek
The Beast of Brushy Creek02021HD
This doc investigates the odd occurrences that have happened for decades at a creek in Texas, which was an Ancient Native American burial ground.
- 2018
Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters
Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters02018HD
Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters travels with Déné First Nations people in Canada’s north, as they search for the species so...
- 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...
- 2022
Sur les traces d'Anachnid
Sur les traces d'Anachnid02022HD
- 2020
My Pride
My Pride02020HD
Spontaneous portrait of an endearing and cheerful teenager living in balance between traditionalism and modernity. She presents her regalia to us and...
- 2015
One Who Has Two Souls
One Who Has Two Souls6.8332015HD
He was called "He Who Has Two Souls". He was beautiful as a woman. And handsome as a man. He hesitated.
- 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...
- 2016
Restoration
Restoration02016HD
Restoration is a found-footage piece honouring Beau Dick's Copper Breaking ceremony on the steps of the BC Legislature during Idle No More in 2013.
- 2021
R.E.M Burn
R.E.M Burn02021HD
R.E.M Burn is a visual poem addressing thematic elements of life and death cycles and traditional knowledge principles. In our initial consideration...