First Nations Movies

  • 2024
    Crepuscular

    Crepuscular

    Crepuscular

    02024HD

    Transhuman beings waking up at dusk, reappearing as something else to prepare for the night

    Crepuscular
  • 2026
    Invincible Spirit

    Invincible Spirit

    Invincible Spirit

    02026HD

    In the heart of the Goulburn Murray, the Rumbalara Football and Netball Club stands as a modern-day fortress of Yorta Yorta pride, a sanctuary of...

    Invincible Spirit
  • 2021
    Desert Metal Dreaming

    Desert Metal Dreaming

    Desert Metal Dreaming

    02021HD

    The most isolated metal band in the world, Southeast Desert Metal, and their Aunty Kathleen, share ancient Arrernte culture with the world through...

    Desert Metal Dreaming
  • 2019
    Homecoming Song

    Homecoming Song

    Homecoming Song

    02019HD

    Homecoming Song is a poetic documentary that tells the parallel stories of two men who came home. Many years ago Kaax'achgook of the Kiks.adi clan of...

    Homecoming Song
  • 1985
    Banduk

    Banduk

    Banduk

    91985HD

    Banduk discovers that Mr Kool is smuggling birds out of Australia.

    Banduk
  • 2024
    Host

    Host

    Host

    02024HD

    An artist leads his Infection Procession to the water.

    Host
  • 2023
    WINHANGANHA

    WINHANGANHA

    WINHANGANHA

    02023HD

    WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is...

    WINHANGANHA
  • 2022
    Canada's Keepers

    Canada's Keepers

    Canada's Keepers

    02022HD

    Told by the country's first women, Canada's Keepers examines the truth about the country's dark colonial past. Truthful and raw, nine First Nations...

    Canada's Keepers
  • 2019
    Gitigaan: Spotted Earth

    Gitigaan: Spotted Earth

    Gitigaan: Spotted Earth

    02019HD

    Anishinaabe elders of the Curve Lake First Nation reflect on the history, decline, and return of the traditional food gardens that connect their...

    Gitigaan: Spotted Earth
  • 1990
    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

    01990HD

    The Inuit folktale of an old woman and the orphaned polar bear cub she took in as her own child.

    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son
  • 1986
    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    81986HD

    This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the...

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
  • 1969
    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon

    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon

    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon

    01969HD

    A Seminole Indian captures a falcon on its yearly migration, but it yearns to be free.

    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon
  • 2007
    Totem: Return and Renewal

    Totem: Return and Renewal

    Totem: Return and Renewal

    82007HD

    In this follow-up to his 2003 film, Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documents the events of the final journey of the...

    Totem: Return and Renewal
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid

    81979HD

    Profile of the Haida artist Bill Reid

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid
  • 2006
    One Dead Indian

    One Dead Indian

    One Dead Indian

    02006HD

    Stoney Point Natives assemble at Ipperwash Provincial Park for what began as a peaceful protest.

    One Dead Indian
  • 1992
    Kecia: Words to Live By

    Kecia: Words to Live By

    Kecia: Words to Live By

    01992HD

    The first (native) First Nations girl to come forward as HIV-positive in the early 90's. The film chronicles her travels across Canada delivering...

    Kecia: Words to Live By
  • 1969
    You Are on Indian Land

    You Are on Indian Land

    You Are on Indian Land

    91969HD

    The territory of Akwesasne straddles the Canada-U.S. border. When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal...

    You Are on Indian Land
  • 1980
    Nose and Tina

    Nose and Tina

    Nose and Tina

    91980HD

    Nose and Tina are a couple in love. The film captures the domestic details of their life together and documents their hassles with work, money and...

    Nose and Tina
  • 2000
    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    02000HD

    For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool. These distinctive...

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters
  • 1975
    The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims

    The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims

    The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims

    81975HD

    "A documentary film which looks at the issue of British Columbia Native land claims and how the aboriginals link their culture to the land, which has...

    The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims