Movies: Indigenous

Essence of Healing is a documentary exploring the life journeys of 14 American Indian nurses - their experiences growing up, their experiences in nursing school, and their experiences on the job. They are part of a larger story - a historical line of...

Sixty snowmobilers, indigenous and non-indigenous, join forces to take part in a huge snowmobiling expedition: a 3500 km journey to be completed in 16 days. The goal: to cross a large swath of Quebec to work towards reconciliation between peoples. I...

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Human bodies appear incomplete, divided and fractured by water and fabrics as a way to address the cementing, impoundment, and fragmenting of local streams and rivers. The body parts search for each other in an attempt to reconstitute as a collecti...

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The filmmaker traces the loss of her ancestral language over three generations of her family, and her own desire to recover it....

Somebody’s Daughter focuses on higher-profile MMIW cases, some of which were raised during the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in December 2018. With historical points of reference, the victims’ and their families’ stories are told through the le...

The history of Edward Cornwallis, the founder of Halifax, and the modern day controversy surrounding his statue....

In preparation for his first major retrospective at the Oklahoma Contemporary in 2025, Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds reveals thoughts, formal approaches, and philosophies toward various works, including the oral history details behind his new wal...

Following the long, winding road to Manawan, Atikamekw travelers speak about the challenges they face in improving their lives. A parallel is drawn between a winding road strewn with obstacles, the heavy atmosphere that reigns in the community of Man...

Resilience is dedicated to those whose lives have been fragmented by intergenerational trauma, but who wish to break the cycle....

The Mentuwajê Guardians of Culture (a group of young Krahô filmmakers) invite the Beture Collective (Mebêngôkre-Kayapó) to visit their village and attend the Kêtwajê festival – an important initiation ritual that has not taken place for ten years. Ov...

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The Indigenous peoples of northern British Columbia still hunt and fish, using a combination of traditional ways and modern equipment and techniques where appropriate. Lumbering and trapping bring them money and goods. Their traditional arts and craf...

Thea is an 8-year-old Ojibwe girl who is in the process of learning how to speak her traditional language from her mother....

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Despite dwindling interest and a two-decade-long losing record, a determined coach and group of young athletes fight to keep their football program alive....

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