Indigenous Community Movies

  • 1977
    Hungry Dogs

    Hungry Dogs

    Hungry Dogs

    91977HD

    Based on the eponymous novel by Ciro Alegría. An indigenous community living their day-to-day and their relationship with nature. They can be...

    Hungry Dogs
  • 1980
    Indian Crafts: Hopi, Navajo And Iroquois

    Indian Crafts: Hopi, Navajo And Iroquois

    Indian Crafts: Hopi, Navajo And Iroquois

    01980HD

    This film explores the traditional crafts of Native American tribes, specifically the Hopi, Navajo, and Iroquois. It highlights the craftsmanship of...

    Indian Crafts: Hopi, Navajo And Iroquois
  • 2013
    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    92013HD

    A documentary that tells the story of five American Indian artists, the Urban Indian 5 (UI5), and their unique partnership.

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again
  • 2007
    Sacha Runa Yachay

    Sacha Runa Yachay

    Sacha Runa Yachay

    02007HD

    The elders of the Kichwa community of Sarayaku preserve the history of their land for the youngest. They save the knowledge of their traditions...

    Sacha Runa Yachay
  • 2021
    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    02021HD

    A musical documentary woven around the endangered musical culture of the Rangdani Rabhas from Manikganj, Meghalaya, North East India.

    The Lyrical Rongdanis
  • 2021
    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    02021HD

    This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit...

    Ainu Neno An Ainu
  • 2015
    Defenders of Life

    Defenders of Life

    Defenders of Life

    7.52015HD

    In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only...

    Defenders of Life
  • 2011
    The Chocolate Farmer

    The Chocolate Farmer

    The Chocolate Farmer

    72011HD

    For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and...

    The Chocolate Farmer
  • 2025
    Rangers Look After the Desert 'Healthy Country'

    Rangers Look After the Desert 'Healthy Country'

    Rangers Look After the Desert 'Healthy Country'

    02025HD

    In November 2024, two Indigenous ranger teams set out on a 1,900-kilometre journey from the remote community of Bidyadanga in Western Australia to...

    Rangers Look After the Desert 'Healthy Country'
  • 2020
    Sonho de Fogo

    Sonho de Fogo

    Sonho de Fogo

    02020HD

    Sonho de Fogo
  • 2025
    Oceanbone

    Oceanbone

    Oceanbone

    02025HD

    A short film detailing the journey and prospects of returning the skeletons of indigenous peoples' ancestors back to their homeland.

    Oceanbone
  • 2019
    Antonio y Piti

    Antonio y Piti

    Antonio y Piti

    102019HD

    Thirty years ago, a rubber company enslaved a group of Asháninka people, manipulating them into tapping the trees in the lush borderland...

    Antonio y Piti
  • 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
  • 2025
    Thayara

    Thayara

    Thayara

    02025HD

    Thayara
  • 2023
    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    02023HD

    Following filmmaker Taye Alvis as he looks to reconnect to his community of Walpole Island First Nation. Taye will explore his relationship to...

    Giiwe: Returning Home
  • 2007
    Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico

    Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico

    Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico

    02007HD

    The imagination of history in Ecuador never thought that oil, “its redeeming hope”, discovered in the Lago Agrio No. 1 well, was going to...

    Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico
  • 2022
    This Is Not a Ceremony

    This Is Not a Ceremony

    This Is Not a Ceremony

    02022HD

    This cinematic VR experience offers insights into the struggles and conflicts of growing up an Indigenous man.

    This Is Not a Ceremony
  • 2009
    Monumento a Uruçumirim

    Monumento a Uruçumirim

    Monumento a Uruçumirim

    02009HD

    Manifesto of the Pataxó tribe, with the testimony of the chief José Guajajara, in front of the Monument to Estácio de Sá,...

    Monumento a Uruçumirim
  • 2020
    Mother River

    Mother River

    Mother River

    02020HD

    In a remote Peruvian city, lives Honorata Vilca, an illiterate woman of Quechua descent who sells candies more than 20 years ago, with the rain will...

    Mother River
  • 1988
    Tiag

    Tiag

    Tiag

    71988HD

    Based on the work of Monsignor Leónidas Proaño, Bishop of Riobamba, the daily life of an indigenous community is presented. His family...

    Tiag