Indigenous Community Movies

  • 2010
    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    02010HD

    The wild beauty of the Bella Coola Valley blends with vivid watercolor animation illuminating the role of the Nuxalk oral tradition and the...

    Cry Rock
  • 2012
    Timuti

    Timuti

    Timuti

    02012HD

    In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across...

    Timuti
  • 2019
    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    02019HD

    When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s...

    Now Is the Time
  • 2018
    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência

    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência

    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência

    02018HD

    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência
  • 1970
    Voices That Heal

    Voices That Heal

    Voices That Heal

    01970HD

    Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient...

    Voices That Heal
  • 2020
    Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia

    Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia

    Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia

    02020HD

    Andean communities fight to protect their water from contamination by mining companies.

    Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia
  • 2021
    Portraits from a Fire

    Portraits from a Fire

    Portraits from a Fire

    62021HD

    An Indigenous teenage boy fights through distorting realities as a family secret unravels.

    Portraits from a Fire
  • 2013
    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    92013HD

    A documentary that tells the story of five American Indian artists, the Urban Indian 5 (UI5), and their unique partnership.

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again
  • 2022
    Helena of Sarayaku

    Helena of Sarayaku

    Helena of Sarayaku

    22022HD

    Helena is 17 years old and studies in Finland. Her father, a Swede, and her mother, indigenous Kichwa of Sarayaku, live at the heart of the Amazon in...

    Helena of Sarayaku
  • 2017
    Alifu, the Prince/ss

    Alifu, the Prince/ss

    Alifu, the Prince/ss

    5.92017HD

    Alifu, a 25 year-old Paiwan boy, works as a hair-dresser in Taipei and struggles between his dream of getting a sex change operation and following...

    Alifu, the Prince/ss
  • 2012
    Universal VIP

    Universal VIP

    Universal VIP

    02012HD

    Still working through the grief of losing her only child, Thelma, a young Blackfeet woman in Browning, MT, is taken advantage of by friends who use...

    Universal VIP
  • 2022
    Nunkui

    Nunkui

    Nunkui

    22022HD

    Nunkui is 13 years old and lives in an Amazonian Shuar community with her grandparents, uncles and cousins. She frequently dreams of the feminine...

    Nunkui
  • 2021
    Strength

    Strength

    Strength

    22021HD

    In the rugged mountains of Oaxaca, young basketball players Bernabé, Tobías, and Aniceto battle systemic barriers to redefine their...

    Strength
  • 2009
    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    02009HD

    Barry Barclay was a New Zealand/Aotearoa director of documentaries and feature films. He is regarded as one of the world's first, and very...

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore
  • 2023
    Nostalgia for the Lake

    Nostalgia for the Lake

    Nostalgia for the Lake

    62023HD

    A vision from Limbo, where the canoeist of the eternal lake floats in his boat, between sleep and wakefulness. When he sleeps, he dreams of the...

    Nostalgia for the Lake
  • 1970
    Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock

    Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock

    Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock

    01970HD

    Nominated for an Emmy® Award in 2021 for best non fiction special. Winner of 35 grand jury awards. Filmed in 2016 at Standing Rock, North...

    Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock
  • 2016
    Train leaves two towns

    Train leaves two towns

    Train leaves two towns

    52016HD

    In Ecuador, in a single day, the train passes from the mountainous Andes to the tropical coast. The roads were built between 1861 and 1908 to connect...

    Train leaves two towns
  • 1953
    Funeral Bororo

    Funeral Bororo

    Funeral Bororo

    01953HD

    Funeral Bororo
  • 2023
    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    02023HD

    Following filmmaker Taye Alvis as he looks to reconnect to his community of Walpole Island First Nation. Taye will explore his relationship to...

    Giiwe: Returning Home
  • 2017
    Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film

    Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film

    Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film

    02017HD

    The film follows Postcommodity, an interdisciplinary arts collective comprised of Raven Chacon, Cristóbal Martinez and Kade L. Twist, who put...

    Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film