Indigenous Community Movies
- 2021
Portraits from a Fire
Portraits from a Fire62021HD
An Indigenous teenage boy fights through distorting realities as a family secret unravels.
- 2022
Still We Rise
Still We Rise02022HD
50 years on, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is the oldest continuing protest occupation site in the world. Taking a fresh lens this is a bold dive into...
- 2023
The Fire of a Firefly
The Fire of a Firefly02023HD
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...
- 2022
The Power of Activism
The Power of Activism82022HD
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...
- 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...
- 2023
Kawa
Kawa02023HD
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...
- 1970
Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock
Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock01970HD
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...
- 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
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...
- 1979
Q'eros: The Shape of Survival
Q'eros: The Shape of Survival21979HD
Exploration of the way of life of the Q’eros Indians of Peru, who have lived in the Andes for more than 3,000 years.
- 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....
- 1992
Surviving Columbus
Surviving Columbus01992HD
This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.
- 2017
Alifu, the Prince/ss
Alifu, the Prince/ss5.92017HD
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...
- 2017
Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film
Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film02017HD
The film follows Postcommodity, an interdisciplinary arts collective comprised of Raven Chacon, Cristóbal Martinez and Kade L. Twist, who put...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2007
Sacha Runa Yachay
Sacha Runa Yachay02007HD
The elders of the Kichwa community of Sarayaku preserve the history of their land for the youngest. They save the knowledge of their traditions...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2024
Mamus
Mamus02024HD
A stunning and intimate portrait of the Arhuaco indigenous community in Colombia. In 1990, in a celebrated BBC documentary, the Arhuaco made contact...