Indigenous Community Movies
- 2021
Portraits from a Fire
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An Indigenous teenage boy fights through distorting realities as a family secret unravels.
- 2002
Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance
Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance02002HD
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...
- 2001
The Medicine of Forgiveness
The Medicine of Forgiveness02001HD
Benito Arévalo is an onaya: a traditional healer in a Shipibo-Konibo community in Peruvian Amazonia. He explains something of the onaya...
- 2023
The Fire of a Firefly
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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...
- 2017
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...
- 2023
Kawa
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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...
- 2005
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage02005HD
In Peruvian Amazonia, for the first time in many years, a Shipibo–Konibo community prepare to perform the Aneshiati ceremony: a time of dance,...
- 2022
The Power of Activism
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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...
- 2011
The Chocolate Farmer
The Chocolate Farmer72011HD
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...
- 2023
Covenant of the Salmon People
Covenant of the Salmon People102023HD
Covenant of the Salmon People is a documentary portrait of the Nez Perce Tribe’s ancient covenant with salmon. The film follows their efforts...
- 2021
The Return
The Return72021HD
It’s spring in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Uyantza festival is underway with the community celebrating all that the forest has to offer....
- 2021
Ainu Neno An Ainu
Ainu Neno An Ainu02021HD
This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit...
- 2024
Waira
Waira02024HD
In an isolated community, a young indigenous woman fights for her freedom after enduring sexual assaults. Confronted with a life-altering decision,...
- 2023
Xondaros - Guarani Resistance
Xondaros - Guarani Resistance02023HD
The 6 Guarani villages of Jaraguá, in São Paulo, fight for land rights, for human rights and for the preservation of nature. They...
- 2009
Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore
Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore02009HD
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...
- 2012
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...
- 2024
The Buriti Flower
The Buriti Flower72024HD
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....
- 1977
Hungry Dogs
Hungry Dogs01977HD
Based on the eponymous novel by Ciro Alegría. An indigenous community living their day-to-day and their relationship with nature. They can be...
- 2010
Cry Rock
Cry Rock02010HD
The wild beauty of the Bella Coola Valley blends with vivid watercolor animation illuminating the role of the Nuxalk oral tradition and the...
- 2018
Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência
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