Indigenous Community Movies

  • 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
  • 2002
    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

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    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
  • 2001
    The Medicine of Forgiveness

    The Medicine of Forgiveness

    The Medicine of Forgiveness

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    Benito Arévalo is an onaya: a traditional healer in a Shipibo-Konibo community in Peruvian Amazonia. He explains something of the onaya...

    The Medicine of Forgiveness
  • 2023
    The Fire of a Firefly

    The Fire of a Firefly

    The Fire of a Firefly

    02023HD

    Pedro, an indigenous migrant, returns to his village for his mother's funeral. When he learns of the serious problem his brother Ismael is involved...

    The Fire of a Firefly
  • 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

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    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
  • 2023
    Kawa

    Kawa

    Kawa

    02023HD

    A group of scientists digs on land within the Amazon in search of fertile black earth, used for agricultural purposes. As they approach the site of...

    Kawa
  • 2005
    Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

    Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

    Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

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    In Peruvian Amazonia, for the first time in many years, a Shipibo–Konibo community prepare to perform the Aneshiati ceremony: a time of dance,...

    Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
  • 2022
    The Power of Activism

    The Power of Activism

    The Power of Activism

    82022HD

    This film takes us on an emotional journey from sacred ground above Byron Bay to Antarctica, Indonesia to Pakistan, and is sure to light a fire under...

    The Power of Activism
  • 2011
    The Chocolate Farmer

    The Chocolate Farmer

    The Chocolate Farmer

    72011HD

    For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and...

    The Chocolate Farmer
  • 2023
    Covenant of the Salmon People

    Covenant of the Salmon People

    Covenant of the Salmon People

    102023HD

    Covenant of the Salmon People is a documentary portrait of the Nez Perce Tribe’s ancient covenant with salmon. The film follows their efforts...

    Covenant of the Salmon People
  • 2021
    The Return

    The Return

    The Return

    72021HD

    It’s spring in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Uyantza festival is underway with the community celebrating all that the forest has to offer....

    The Return
  • 2021
    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    02021HD

    This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit...

    Ainu Neno An Ainu
  • 2024
    Waira

    Waira

    Waira

    02024HD

    In an isolated community, a young indigenous woman fights for her freedom after enduring sexual assaults. Confronted with a life-altering decision,...

    Waira
  • 2023
    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance

    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance

    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance

    02023HD

    The 6 Guarani villages of Jaraguá, in São Paulo, fight for land rights, for human rights and for the preservation of nature. They...

    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance
  • 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
  • 2012
    Timuti

    Timuti

    Timuti

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    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
  • 2024
    The Buriti Flower

    The Buriti Flower

    The Buriti Flower

    72024HD

    Through her child’s eyes, Patpro will go through three periods of the history of her indigenous people, in the heart of the Brazilian forest....

    The Buriti Flower
  • 1977
    Hungry Dogs

    Hungry Dogs

    Hungry Dogs

    01977HD

    Based on the eponymous novel by Ciro Alegría. An indigenous community living their day-to-day and their relationship with nature. They can be...

    Hungry Dogs
  • 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
  • 2018
    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência

    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência

    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência

    02018HD

    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência