First Nations Movies
- 2016
Cree Code Talker
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CREE CODE TALKER reveals the role of Canadian Cree code talker Charles 'Checker' Tomkins during the Second World War. Digging deep into the US...
- 1972
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...
- 1981
Māori
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This 1981 NFU film is a tour of the contemporary world of Aotearoa’s tangata whenua. It won headlines over claims that its portrayal of...
- 2020
(Re)Claiming Indian Status
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This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of...
- 1978
Journey to the Valley of the Emu
Journey to the Valley of the Emu01978HD
A First Nations boy in the Australian outback adopts an injured dingo. The two of them set off on a quest to find an emu.
- 1998
Okimah
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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...
- 2022
Ghosts
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Three Kiowa boys attempt to escape a government boarding school in 1891, Oklahoma.
- 1980
Takeover
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About Aborigines and Australian politics. On 13 March 1978 the Queensland Government announced its intention to take over management of the Aurukun...
- 1993
Blockade
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"Blockade" takes place in the mountains and valleys of northern British Columbia, at the heart of the boldest aboriginal land claims case to...
- 2023
WINHANGANHA
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WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is...
- 2021
Le grand solstice
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- 2009
How People Got Fire
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This introspective short animation takes place In the village of Carcross, in the Tagish First Nation. Neighbourhood pillar Grandma Kay tell the...
- 1957
The Navajos: Children of the Gods
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The story of the Navajo, at work and play, in the Southwestern United States, and in particular, in scenic Monument Valley. The film focuses on a...
- 2012
Smoke Traders
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Smoke Traders is an inside look at the world of the Mohawk tobacco trade.
- 2007
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...
- 1980
Nose and Tina
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The unusual story of Nose and Tina, 2 people in love. He is employed as a brakeman, she as a sex worker.
- 2000
Hollow Water
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This documentary profiles the tiny Ojibway community of Hollow Water on the shores of Lake Winnipeg as they deal with an epidemic of sexual abuse in...
- 1973
Kainai
Kainai01973HD
On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western...
- 1924
Felix Goes West
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Felix gets into trouble with a tribe of Indians out west, and is chased by a bear.
- 1991
Women in the Shadows
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Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...