First Nations Movies

  • 2016
    Cree Code Talker

    Cree Code Talker

    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...

    Cree Code Talker
  • 1972
    History of Manawan - Part Two

    History of Manawan - Part Two

    History of Manawan - Part Two

    01972HD

    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
  • 1981
    Māori

    Māori

    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...

    Māori
  • 2020
    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

    02020HD

    This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of...

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status
  • 1978
    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    01978HD

    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.

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu
  • 1998
    Okimah

    Okimah

    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...

    Okimah
  • 2022
    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    02022HD

    Three Kiowa boys attempt to escape a government boarding school in 1891, Oklahoma.

    Ghosts
  • 1980
    Takeover

    Takeover

    Takeover

    01980HD

    About Aborigines and Australian politics. On 13 March 1978 the Queensland Government announced its intention to take over management of the Aurukun...

    Takeover
  • 1993
    Blockade

    Blockade

    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...

    Blockade
  • 2023
    WINHANGANHA

    WINHANGANHA

    WINHANGANHA

    02023HD

    WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is...

    WINHANGANHA
  • 2021
    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    02021HD

    Le grand solstice
  • 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
  • 1957
    The Navajos: Children of the Gods

    The Navajos: Children of the Gods

    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...

    The Navajos: Children of the Gods
  • 2012
    Smoke Traders

    Smoke Traders

    Smoke Traders

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    Smoke Traders is an inside look at the world of the Mohawk tobacco trade.

    Smoke Traders
  • 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
  • 1980
    Nose and Tina

    Nose and Tina

    Nose and Tina

    01980HD

    The unusual story of Nose and Tina, 2 people in love. He is employed as a brakeman, she as a sex worker.

    Nose and Tina
  • 2000
    Hollow Water

    Hollow Water

    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...

    Hollow Water
  • 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
  • 1924
    Felix Goes West

    Felix Goes West

    Felix Goes West

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    Felix gets into trouble with a tribe of Indians out west, and is chased by a bear.

    Felix Goes West
  • 1991
    Women in the Shadows

    Women in the Shadows

    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...

    Women in the Shadows