Indigenous Community Movies

  • 1963
    Attiuk

    Attiuk

    Attiuk

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    The people of Unamenshipu (La Romaine), an Innu community in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, are seen but not heard in this richly detailed...

    Attiuk
  • 2009
    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

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    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
  • 2019
    Sujud

    Sujud

    Sujud

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    A group of people bows down as a ritual for religious ceremonies. This community shares a belief named Sapta Drama, one of the native religions in...

    Sujud
  • 2024
    Povo da Floresta

    Povo da Floresta

    Povo da Floresta

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    Povo da Floresta
  • 2019
    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

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    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
  • 2023
    Here Where It All Ends

    Here Where It All Ends

    Here Where It All Ends

    02023HD

    "Here Where It All Ends" is an experimental, poetic short film that moves between documentary and fiction to address an endangered culture, that of...

    Here Where It All Ends
  • 1996
    Mumbaki

    Mumbaki

    Mumbaki

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    Joseph is a young doctor who returned to his hometown in the Mountain Province to bury his father, an Ifugao chieftain, who was killed during a...

    Mumbaki
  • 2023
    Castanho

    Castanho

    Castanho

    02023HD

    Living in the countryside of the Amazon in Brazil, Argentinian María divides herself between two lives: in the community, where she lives with...

    Castanho
  • 2018
    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência

    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência

    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência

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    Ayahuasca, Expansão da Consciência
  • 2013
    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

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    TOKYO Ainu features the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, living in Greater Tokyo (Tokyo and its surrounding areas), who are and actively in...

    Tokyo Ainu
  • 2021
    The Return

    The Return

    The Return

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    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
  • 2020
    The Rebellion of Memory

    The Rebellion of Memory

    The Rebellion of Memory

    02020HD

    It became world news in October 2019 when economic reforms in Ecuador led to gas prices suddenly shooting up by 123 percent. People from urban and...

    The Rebellion of Memory
  • 2014
    Bontok, Rapeless

    Bontok, Rapeless

    Bontok, Rapeless

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    Two Filipina victims of sexual abuse search the truth behind the finding of a renowned anthropologist: that merely a few generations ago, the Bontok...

    Bontok, Rapeless
  • 2016
    The Price of the Prize

    The Price of the Prize

    The Price of the Prize

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    First Nations fight to end grizzly bear trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia. The Heiltsuk, Kitasoo Xai'xais and Gitga'at...

    The Price of the Prize
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2023
    Ozogoche

    Ozogoche

    Ozogoche

    02023HD

    Cuviví is the Ecuadorean indigenous name for the upland sandpiper, a wading bird that has special significance for the communities living...

    Ozogoche
  • 1999
    My Village in Nunavik

    My Village in Nunavik

    My Village in Nunavik

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    Shot during three seasons, Kenuajuak's documentary tenderly portrays village life and the elements that forge the character of his people: their...

    My Village in Nunavik
  • 2025
    Red Girl Rising

    Red Girl Rising

    Red Girl Rising

    02025HD

    Joyce Jonathan Crone—Mohawk matriarch, retired teacher, activist, humanitarian—reaches forward into her community of Huntsville, Ontario,...

    Red Girl Rising