Indigenous Peoples Movies

  • 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
  • 2026
    SILA

    SILA

    SILA

    02026HD

    Set on an island 600 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, this intimate vérité portrait follows two young Inuit coming of age....

    SILA
  • 2013
    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    02013HD

    TOKYO Ainu features the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, living in Greater Tokyo (Tokyo and its surrounding areas), who are and actively in...

    Tokyo Ainu
  • 2024
    Povo da Floresta

    Povo da Floresta

    Povo da Floresta

    82024HD

    Povo da Floresta
  • 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
  • 2020
    Sonho de Fogo

    Sonho de Fogo

    Sonho de Fogo

    02020HD

    Sonho de Fogo
  • 2023
    Mborairapé

    Mborairapé

    Mborairapé

    02023HD

    RAP is a music path. Jaraguá is Guarani.

    Mborairapé
  • 2002
    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    02002HD

    Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then...

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance
  • 2023
    Coming Home

    Coming Home

    Coming Home

    8.52023HD

    This documentary reveals the impacts of the Sixties Scoop, a period in which a series of Canadian policies enabled child welfare authorities to take,...

    Coming Home
  • 1943
    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    81943HD

    How Inuit peoples perform arts and crafts, on the island of Baffin Island on what is now the territory of Nanavut.

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts
  • 1955
    Return of the Indian

    Return of the Indian

    Return of the Indian

    101955HD

    Return of the Indian
  • 2010
    Habilito: Debt for Life

    Habilito: Debt for Life

    Habilito: Debt for Life

    02010HD

    Documents the conflicts and tensions that arise between highland migrants and Mosetenes, members of an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon....

    Habilito: Debt for Life
  • 2003
    The Secret World of Plants

    The Secret World of Plants

    The Secret World of Plants

    72003HD

    The secret world of plants gets us closer to these motionless and quiet creatures, so attractive and surprising as the rest of the living creatures....

    The Secret World of Plants
  • 1955
    No Longer Vanishing

    No Longer Vanishing

    No Longer Vanishing

    101955HD

    No Longer Vanishing
  • 2023
    Slides on the Mountain

    Slides on the Mountain

    Slides on the Mountain

    02023HD

    Two young brothers from the Lil'wat Nation set out to ski the sacred mountain they were raised beneath, pushing both themselves and their culture to...

    Slides on the Mountain
  • 2025
    Northlore

    Northlore

    Northlore

    62025HD

    Weaving animation and live action, Northlore delves into the transformational stories of people living in Canada’s North and their deep...

    Northlore
  • 2014
    Ayahuasca

    Ayahuasca

    Ayahuasca

    02014HD

    Three people fly from Chile and Spain to Iquitos, Peru to experience the magic of the sacred plant ayahuasca.

    Ayahuasca
  • 2020
    Guardians of the Forest

    Guardians of the Forest

    Guardians of the Forest

    02020HD

    The Maijuna are one of the smallest and most endangered indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon. This film tells their inspiring story as they fight...

    Guardians of the Forest
  • 2017
    Alsina's Trench

    Alsina's Trench

    Alsina's Trench

    82017HD

    Documentary film about the "zanja de Alsina", a long trench dug in the Argentinian Pampa in 1876 as way to separate the "civilized" from the...

    Alsina's Trench
  • 2026
    Bajau Laut - The Sea is Our Home

    Bajau Laut - The Sea is Our Home

    Bajau Laut - The Sea is Our Home

    02026HD

    Their stilt houses are burned down, their boats destroyed: the sea nomads of Borneo are stateless and can be displaced at any moment. The film...

    Bajau Laut - The Sea is Our Home