First Nations Movies

  • 2010
    Waseteg

    Waseteg

    Waseteg

    52010HD

    The story of a young Mi'kmaq girl whose name means "the light from the dawn."

    Waseteg
  • 1970
    Tantoo Cardinal

    Tantoo Cardinal

    Tantoo Cardinal

    01970HD

    A moving portrait of actress Tantoo Cardinal, travelling through time and across the many roles she’s played, capturing her strength and her...

    Tantoo Cardinal
  • 2018
    Carriberrie

    Carriberrie

    Carriberrie

    102018HD

    Narrated by award-winning actor and dancer David Gulpilil, Carriberrie guides audiences across a stunning array of iconic Australian locations and...

    Carriberrie
  • 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
  • 2009
    A Tent on Mars

    A Tent on Mars

    A Tent on Mars

    72009HD

    Three decades after the shuttering of the mining town of Schefferville, the Innu people, who moved in after the non-natives abandoned the town, are...

    A Tent on Mars
  • 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
  • 1997
    David with F.A.S

    David with F.A.S

    David with F.A.S

    71997HD

    David Vandenbrink seems like a healthy 21-year-old, bright and articulate young man. There is little to suggest that while in his mother's womb, he...

    David with F.A.S
  • 2015
    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    02015HD

    Both a requiem for and an honoring of Canada's First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women, this short film deconstructs the layers of Canadian...

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People
  • 2020
    K'i Tah Amongst the Birch

    K'i Tah Amongst the Birch

    K'i Tah Amongst the Birch

    02020HD

    Filmmaker/activist Melaw Nakehk’o has spent the pandemic with her family at a remote land camp in the Northwest Territories, “getting...

    K'i Tah Amongst the Birch
  • 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
  • 1970
    Watchers of the Land

    Watchers of the Land

    Watchers of the Land

    01970HD

    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...

    Watchers of the Land
  • 2023
    s-yéwyáw: Awaken

    s-yéwyáw: Awaken

    s-yéwyáw: Awaken

    02023HD

    Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as Indigenous multimedia changemakers learn and document the teachings of their Elders. Ecko Aleck of the...

    s-yéwyáw: Awaken
  • 1990
    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

    01990HD

    Animated Canadian film.

    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son
  • 2009
    How People Got Fire

    How People Got Fire

    How People Got Fire

    02009HD

    This introspective short animation takes place In the village of Carcross, in the Tagish First Nation. Neighbourhood pillar Grandma Kay tell the...

    How People Got Fire
  • 2016
    KONELĪNE: our land beautiful

    KONELĪNE: our land beautiful

    KONELĪNE: our land beautiful

    02016HD

    Set deep in the traditional territory of Tahltan First Nation, Northern British Columbia’s Red Chris gold and copper mine is the backdrop to a...

    KONELĪNE: our land beautiful
  • 2020
    My Pride

    My Pride

    My Pride

    02020HD

    Spontaneous portrait of an endearing and cheerful teenager living in balance between traditionalism and modernity. She presents her regalia to us and...

    My Pride
  • 2016
    Restoration

    Restoration

    Restoration

    02016HD

    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.

    Restoration
  • 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
  • 2022
    Sur les traces d'Anachnid

    Sur les traces d'Anachnid

    Sur les traces d'Anachnid

    02022HD

    Sur les traces d'Anachnid
  • 2021
    R.E.M Burn

    R.E.M Burn

    R.E.M Burn

    02021HD

    R.E.M Burn is a visual poem addressing thematic elements of life and death cycles and traditional knowledge principles. In our initial consideration...

    R.E.M Burn