Indigenous Peoples Movies

  • 2022
    This Is Not a Ceremony

    This Is Not a Ceremony

    This Is Not a Ceremony

    02022HD

    This cinematic VR experience offers insights into the struggles and conflicts of growing up an Indigenous man.

    This Is Not a Ceremony
  • 2012
    Ang Babae sa Likod ng Mambabatok

    Ang Babae sa Likod ng Mambabatok

    Ang Babae sa Likod ng Mambabatok

    02012HD

    Ang Babae sa Likod ng Mambabatok unravels the multiple layers of the almost mythological figure-living legend, Fang Od, a 92 year old woman who has...

    Ang Babae sa Likod ng Mambabatok
  • 2023
    Coming Home

    Coming Home

    Coming Home

    8.52023HD

    This documentary reveals the impacts of the Sixties Scoop, a period in which a series of Canadian policies enabled child welfare authorities to take,...

    Coming Home
  • 2026
    Formline

    Formline

    Formline

    02026HD

    Formline is the defining visual language of traditional Northwest Coast First Nations art; continuous, curvilinear shapes that swell, diminish, and...

    Formline
  • 2023
    Mborairapé

    Mborairapé

    Mborairapé

    02023HD

    RAP is a music path. Jaraguá is Guarani.

    Mborairapé
  • 2002
    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    02002HD

    Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then...

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance
  • 2010
    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    02010HD

    In the Bella Coola Valley, a haunting legend endures through generations as a filmmaker reckons with whether the stories of her ancestors can survive...

    Cry Rock
  • 1955
    No Longer Vanishing

    No Longer Vanishing

    No Longer Vanishing

    101955HD

    No Longer Vanishing
  • 2021
    Evan's Drum

    Evan's Drum

    Evan's Drum

    02021HD

    For generations, the sound of traditional Inuit drum dancing fell silent in Labrador due to colonization. In the early 21st century, the beat of the...

    Evan's Drum
  • 2024
    Las raíces de Efraín

    Las raíces de Efraín

    Las raíces de Efraín

    02024HD

    Inspired by a true discovery that occurred in 1991 (Alboyanco, Angol), the short film tells the story of a boy who, while playing hide-and-seek with...

    Las raíces de Efraín
  • 2023
    Slides on the Mountain

    Slides on the Mountain

    Slides on the Mountain

    02023HD

    Two young brothers from the Lil'wat Nation set out to ski the sacred mountain they were raised beneath, pushing both themselves and their culture to...

    Slides on the Mountain
  • 2025
    Northlore

    Northlore

    Northlore

    62025HD

    Weaving animation and live action, Northlore delves into the transformational stories of people living in Canada’s North and their deep...

    Northlore
  • 2003
    The Secret World of Plants

    The Secret World of Plants

    The Secret World of Plants

    72003HD

    The secret world of plants gets us closer to these motionless and quiet creatures, so attractive and surprising as the rest of the living creatures....

    The Secret World of Plants
  • 1970
    The Primal Mind

    The Primal Mind

    The Primal Mind

    01970HD

    Written and hosted by Jack Marks, an American Jewish author who misrepresented himself as Native American; this PBS documentary examines the...

    The Primal Mind
  • 2019
    Saving Warru

    Saving Warru

    Saving Warru

    02019HD

    Warru, or black-footed rock-wallaby, is one of South Australia's most endangered mammals. In 2007, when numbers dropped below 200 in the APY Lands in...

    Saving Warru
  • 2013
    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    02013HD

    TOKYO Ainu features the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, living in Greater Tokyo (Tokyo and its surrounding areas), who are and actively in...

    Tokyo Ainu
  • 1955
    Return of the Indian

    Return of the Indian

    Return of the Indian

    101955HD

    Return of the Indian
  • 2025
    Espejo de Agua

    Espejo de Agua

    Espejo de Agua

    02025HD

    Espejo de Agua is a non-fiction short film set in Venezuela 's Sinamaica Lagoon, Zulia, where the Añú people are silently displaced due...

    Espejo de Agua
  • 2020
    Guardians of the Forest

    Guardians of the Forest

    Guardians of the Forest

    02020HD

    The Maijuna are one of the smallest and most endangered indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon. This film tells their inspiring story as they fight...

    Guardians of the Forest
  • 2006
    Muffins for Granny

    Muffins for Granny

    Muffins for Granny

    02006HD

    Muffins for Granny is a remarkably layered, emotionally complex story of personal and cultural survival. McLaren tells the story of her own...

    Muffins for Granny