Movies: First nations

  • 1974
    Shokee, the Everglades Panther

    Shokee, the Everglades Panther (1974)

    Shokee, the Everglades Panther

    01974HD

    A Seminole boy spending the summer alone in the Everglades as a rite of passage helps a lost panther cub survive, but the village does not welcome him when he follows the boy home. The boy has to steal an airboat to take the panther deep into the swa...

    Shokee, the Everglades Panther
  • 1969
    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon

    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon (1969)

    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
  • 2021
    R.E.M Burn

    R.E.M Burn (2021)

    R.E.M Burn

    02021HD

    R.E.M Burn is a visual poem addressing thematic elements of life and death cycles and traditional knowledge principles. In our initial consideration for this piece, the collective discussed examining the art and fashion world’s appropriation of Indi...

    R.E.M Burn
  • 2016
    Restoration

    Restoration (2016)

    Restoration

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    Restoration is a found-footage piece honouring Beau Dick's Copper Breaking ceremony on the steps of the BC Legislature during Idle No More in 2013....

    Restoration
  • 2015
    Mobilize

    Mobilize (2015)

    Mobilize

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    A journey by canoe into the city creates a dynamic interconnection between natural and urban spaces, in this evocative short set to a hypnotizing soundtrack by Inuk artist Tanya Taqaq....

    Mobilize
  • 1979
    Bill Reid

    Bill Reid (1979)

    Bill Reid

    01979HD

    Follows Haida artist Bill Reid, from British Columbia. A jeweller and wood carver, he works on a traditional Haida totem pole. We watch the gradual transformation of a bare cedar trunk into a richly carved pole to stand on the shores of the town of S...

    Bill Reid
  • 2000
    Hollow Water

    Hollow Water (2000)

    Hollow Water

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    This documentary profiles the tiny Ojibway community of Hollow Water on the shores of Lake Winnipeg as they deal with an epidemic of sexual abuse in their midst....

    Hollow Water
  • 2010
    The White Archer

    The White Archer (2010)

    The White Archer

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    An Inuit youth trains to become a great archer in hopes of avenging the killing of his family – but the First Nations attackers were punishing a previous Inuit wrongdoing. Who will end the cycle of violence? THE WHITE ARCHER is an Inuit legend inspir...

    The White Archer
  • 2020
    K'i Tah Amongst the Birch

    K'i Tah Amongst the Birch (2020)

    K'i Tah Amongst the Birch

    02020HD

    Filmmaker/activist Melaw Nakehk’o has spent the pandemic with her family at a remote land camp in the Northwest Territories, “getting wood, listening to the wind, staying warm and dry, and watching the sun move across the sky.” In documenting camp li...

    K'i Tah Amongst the Birch
  • 2018
    Walk With My Spirits

    Walk With My Spirits (2018)

    Walk With My Spirits

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    Dancer and fashion designer Tyler Jacobs asks us to tag along on his journey to reclaiming his two-spirit heritage and knowledge....

    Walk With My Spirits
  • 2022
    Bunk #7

    Bunk #7 (2022)

    Bunk #7

    02022HD

    Documentary about the production of Bunk #7....

    Bunk #7
  • 2024
    Our Maternal Home

    Our Maternal Home (2024)

    Our Maternal Home

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    Filmmaker and educator Janine Windolph ventures from Saskatchewan to Quebec with her two teens and younger sister, tracing their familial origins to the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi. Against the scenic backdrop of these Traditional Lands, Elders of...

    Our Maternal Home
  • 2000
    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters (2000)

    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 sweaters are known and loved around the world, but the Indigenous women who make them remain largely in...

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters
  • 2020
    My Pride

    My Pride (2020)

    My Pride

    02020HD

    Spontaneous portrait of an endearing and cheerful teenager living in balance between traditionalism and modernity. She presents her regalia to us and we share her pride in being Innu....

    My Pride
  • 1986
    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (1986)

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    01986HD

    This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the age of 4 due to family problems, he spent the rest of his 17 short years moving in and out of 28 foster homes...

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
  • 1969
    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation (1969)

    Healing the nation

    01969HD

    Healing the Nation follows community members of the Toronto-based Aboriginal Healing Program as they rediscover their culture to heal from unresolved trauma. This empowering documentary dares us to think beyond mainstream medicine and embrace Indigen...

    Healing the nation
  • 2019
    Out of Range

    Out of Range (2019)

    Out of Range

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    A father's takes his estranged son on a fishing trip as a way of bonding, but when the car breaks down he realises it's not the only thing that needs fixing....

    Out of Range
  • 1983
    Box of Treasures

    Box of Treasures (1983)

    Box of Treasures

    01983HD

    In 1921 the Kwakiut'l people of Alert Bay, British Columbia, held their last secret potlatch. In 1980 at Alert Bay, the U'mista Cultural Centre (U'mista means "something of great value that has come back") opened its doors to receive and house the cu...

    Box of Treasures
  • 1980
    Nose and Tina

    Nose and Tina (1980)

    Nose and Tina

    01980HD

    The unusual story of Nose and Tina, 2 people in love. He is employed as a brakeman, she as a sex worker....

    Nose and Tina
  • 1992
    Battle for the Trees

    Battle for the Trees (1992)

    Battle for the Trees

    01992HD

    This documentary examines the battle strategies of citizens, scientists, loggers, environmentalists and First Nations people who are fighting over the liquidation of public forests and, with it, a way of life....

    Battle for the Trees