Movies: First nations

  • 2023
    Whispers / Megan Cope

    Whispers / Megan Cope (2023)

    Whispers / Megan Cope

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    A documentary short which follows follow Quandamooka artist Megan Cope in the creation of her work 'Whispers' and the lead up to the opening of the exhibition at Sydney Opera House in 2023....

    Whispers / Megan Cope
  • 2020
    Invasion

    Invasion (2020)

    Invasion

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    In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger Wet’suwet’en Nation are standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence ag...

    Invasion
  • 2023
    Double M Country

    Double M Country (2023)

    Double M Country

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    Carrie Davis was part of the child removal system near the end of the Sixties Scoop. With guidance from her uncle Emmett Sack and the community, Carrie reconnects to their land, language, and culture....

    Double M Country
  • 1985
    Banduk

    Banduk (1985)

    Banduk

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

    Banduk
  • 2018
    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance (2018)

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

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    Filmed on the island of Haida Gwaii, this documentary depicts the ongoing resistance and resurgence of the Haida people and their culture against the different manifestations and trauma of colonization....

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance
  • 2004
    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii (2004)

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

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    Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. His film reveals the whole repatriation process through the stories and experiences of the people who participated, both Museum staff and the Haida pe...

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
  • 2020
    Nin E Tepueian: My Cry

    Nin E Tepueian: My Cry (2020)

    Nin E Tepueian: My Cry

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    NIN E TEPUEIAN - MY CRY is a documentary tracks the journey of Innu poet, actress and activist, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, at a pivotal time in her career as a committed artist. Santiago Bertolino's camera follows a young Innu poet over the course of ...

    Nin E Tepueian: My Cry
  • 1961
    Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road

    Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road (1961)

    Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road

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    Daniel and his friends have troubles with Indians on their way to Kentucky....

    Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road
  • 2007
    Totem: Return and Renewal

    Totem: Return and Renewal (2007)

    Totem: Return and Renewal

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    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 G'psgolox Pole as it returns home to Kitamaat and the Haisla people, from where it went missing in 19...

    Totem: Return and Renewal
  • 2010
    Choke

    Choke (2010)

    Choke

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    When Jimmy leaves his reservation for the lures of city life, he finds himself confronted with a future he could never have imagined....

    Choke
  • 2020
    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status (2020)

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

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    This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of sex-discrimination in the Indian Act. It highlights the impacts of the law on individuals, families and ...

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status
  • 1973
    Kainai

    Kainai (1973)

    Kainai

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    On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western plains, the Bloods live on a 1 300-square-kilometer reserve. Many have lacked gainful employment and n...

    Kainai
  • 1993
    Blockade

    Blockade (1993)

    Blockade

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    "Blockade" takes place in the mountains and valleys of northern British Columbia, at the heart of the boldest aboriginal land claims case to challenge the white history of Canada. The Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs claim that everything w...

    Blockade
  • 2023
    Soleil de nuit

    Soleil de nuit (2023)

    Soleil de nuit

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    During a training exercise in an abandoned open-pit mine, a crew of Canadian astronauts are interrupted by an Atikamekw elder, who asks them to deliver an important message to the spirit of his community on the moon....

    Soleil de nuit
  • 2007
    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited (2007)

    First Stories: Two Spirited

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    This short documentary presents the empowering story of Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette's struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community as a two-spirited person....

    First Stories: Two Spirited
  • 2016
    The Price of the Prize

    The Price of the Prize (2016)

    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 First Nations enforce a ban by using Coastal Guardian Watchmen, while the Raincoast Conservation Foun...

    The Price of the Prize
  • 2013
    My Story

    My Story (2013)

    My Story

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    My Story
  • 1969
    Highway of Tears

    Highway of Tears (1969)

    Highway of Tears

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    Discover the endless highway in British Columbia where over 40 indigenous women and girls (by unofficial estimates) have disappeared since the 1970s....

    Highway of Tears
  • 1944
    People of the Potlatch

    People of the Potlatch (1944)

    People of the Potlatch

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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...

    People of the Potlatch
  • 2020
    Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky

    Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky (2020)

    Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky

    5.32020HD

    A new songline for 21st century Australia - a fresh look at the Cook legend from a First Nations' perspective - the songline tells of connection to country, resistance and survival and features the cheeky, acerbic and heartfelt showman - Steven Olive...

    Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky