First Nations Movies

  • 2018
    Indian Rights for Indian Women

    Indian Rights for Indian Women

    Indian Rights for Indian Women

    02018HD

    Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights.

    Indian Rights for Indian Women
  • 1970
    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

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    Healing the Nation follows community members of the Toronto-based Aboriginal Healing Program as they rediscover their culture to heal from unresolved...

    Healing the nation
  • 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
    The White Archer

    The White Archer

    The White Archer

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    An Inuit youth trains to become a great archer in hopes of avenging the killing of his family – but the First Nations attackers were punishing...

    The White Archer
  • 2018
    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    02018HD

    Filmed on the island of Haida Gwaii, this documentary depicts the ongoing resistance and resurgence of the Haida people and their culture against the...

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance
  • 1987
    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    Foster Child

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    Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child. An important figure...

    Foster Child
  • 2016
    KONELĪNE: our land beautiful

    KONELĪNE: our land beautiful

    KONELĪNE: our land beautiful

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    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
  • 2009
    A Tent on Mars

    A Tent on Mars

    A Tent on Mars

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    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
  • 2014
    Blown Away

    Blown Away

    Blown Away

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    Cyclone Tracy 40 years on, exploring the myths and revealing new perspectives on one of the worst natural disasters in Australia's history.

    Blown Away
  • 2013
    My Story

    My Story

    My Story

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    My Story
  • 1972
    History of Manawan - Part Two

    History of Manawan - Part Two

    History of Manawan - Part Two

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    Atikamekw elder Cézar Néwashish continues to recount the history of the community of Manawan that first began in The History of...

    History of Manawan - Part Two
  • 2007
    Totem: Return and Renewal

    Totem: Return and Renewal

    Totem: Return and Renewal

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    In this follow-up to his 2003 film, Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documents the events of the final journey of the...

    Totem: Return and Renewal
  • 2015
    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

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    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
  • 1997
    David with F.A.S

    David with F.A.S

    David with F.A.S

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    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
  • 2021
    Desert Metal Dreaming

    Desert Metal Dreaming

    Desert Metal Dreaming

    02021HD

    The most isolated metal band in the world, Southeast Desert Metal, and their Aunty Kathleen, share ancient Arrernte culture with the world through...

    Desert Metal Dreaming
  • 2022
    Sur les traces d'Anachnid

    Sur les traces d'Anachnid

    Sur les traces d'Anachnid

    02022HD

    Sur les traces d'Anachnid
  • 2016
    Restoration

    Restoration

    Restoration

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    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
  • 2021
    The Beast of Brushy Creek

    The Beast of Brushy Creek

    The Beast of Brushy Creek

    02021HD

    This doc investigates the odd occurrences that have happened for decades at a creek in Texas, which was an Ancient Native American burial ground.

    The Beast of Brushy Creek
  • 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
  • 1973
    Kainai

    Kainai

    Kainai

    01973HD

    On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western...

    Kainai