First Nations Movies

  • 2018
    Metal From The Dirt

    Metal From The Dirt

    Metal From The Dirt

    02018HD

    A document of the originators of the DIY Rez Metal scene, and the bands that are now carrying the torch, including I Dont Konform, Mutilated Tyrant...

    Metal From The Dirt
  • 2002
    Memories of Earth

    Memories of Earth

    Memories of Earth

    92002HD

    Set against the unforgettable beauty of Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), Memories of Earth takes viewers on a journey...

    Memories of Earth
  • 2022
    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    02022HD

    Three Kiowa boys attempt to escape a government boarding school in 1891, Oklahoma.

    Ghosts
  • 2020
    Highway of Tears

    Highway of Tears

    Highway of Tears

    02020HD

    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
  • 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
  • 2014
    Blown Away

    Blown Away

    Blown Away

    02014HD

    Cyclone Tracy 40 years on, exploring the myths and revealing new perspectives on one of the worst natural disasters in Australia's history.

    Blown Away
  • 2009
    Savage

    Savage

    Savage

    02009HD

    On a summer day in the 1950s, a native girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car. A woman at her kitchen table sings a lullaby in...

    Savage
  • 1946
    Winning the West

    Winning the West

    Winning the West

    91946HD

    The big bad cats are the villains/Indians, and the little mice are the settlers going west in their little covered wagons, and the Indians are on a...

    Winning the West
  • 2023
    s-yéwyáw: Awaken

    s-yéwyáw: Awaken

    s-yéwyáw: Awaken

    02023HD

    Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as Indigenous multimedia changemakers learn and document the teachings of their Elders. Ecko Aleck of the...

    s-yéwyáw: Awaken
  • 2010
    The White Archer

    The White Archer

    The White Archer

    92010HD

    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...

    The White Archer
  • 1944
    People of the Potlatch

    People of the Potlatch

    People of the Potlatch

    01944HD

    The Indigenous peoples of northern British Columbia still hunt and fish, using a combination of traditional ways and modern equipment and techniques...

    People of the Potlatch
  • 1979
    Bill Reid

    Bill Reid

    Bill Reid

    71979HD

    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...

    Bill Reid
  • 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
  • 2014
    Trick or Treaty?

    Trick or Treaty?

    Trick or Treaty?

    02014HD

    Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations...

    Trick or Treaty?
  • 1967
    Indian Memento

    Indian Memento

    Indian Memento

    101967HD

    A visit to the "Indians of Canada" pavilion at Expo 67, Montréal. Inside there are Indigenous artifacts, but even more arresting are the...

    Indian Memento
  • 2015
    One Who Has Two Souls

    One Who Has Two Souls

    One Who Has Two Souls

    6.42015HD

    He was called "He Who Has Two Souls". He was beautiful as a woman. And handsome as a man. He hesitated.

    One Who Has Two Souls
  • 2007
    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited

    72007HD

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

    First Stories: Two Spirited
  • 2009
    Kissed by Lightning

    Kissed by Lightning

    Kissed by Lightning

    02009HD

    Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter from Canada haunted by the tragic death of her husband, who was hit by lightning. She paints the stories he used...

    Kissed by Lightning
  • 2010
    Choke

    Choke

    Choke

    02010HD

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

    Choke
  • 2018
    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    02018HD

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

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance