Indigenous Peoples Movies

How Inuit peoples perform arts and crafts, on the island of Baffin Island on what is now the territory of Nanavut.

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...

Documentary film about the "zanja de Alsina", a long trench dug in the Argentinian Pampa in 1876 as way to separate the "civilized" from the...

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

Tells the story of the powerful connection between the Blackfeet people and horses, and how that life-giving relationship remains alive today....

This documentary focuses on the goose hunt, a ritual of central importance to the Cree people of the James Bay coastal areas. Not only a source of...

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

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

RAP is a music path. Jaraguá is Guarani.

The Siekopaai Nation embarks on a quest across the borders that divide its ancestral territory to connect its communities. With the help of CEFO...

Alex Staten, a Diné woman disconnected from her roots, trains for the Western States 100 while guided by her grandmother—reclaiming...

Documents the conflicts and tensions that arise between highland migrants and Mosetenes, members of an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon....

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

This short experimental documentary challenges stereotypes about Indigenous people in the workplace. Featuring portraits set to a powerful poem by...

Public health physician Noel Nutels' ideas and the footage he made of Brazilian indigenous peoples between 1940 and 1970 come together to denounce...

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

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...

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...

Until the 1950s, the Waorani were able to successfully defended their area of settlement – today’s Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian...