Indigenous Movies

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

Documentary about the life of the indigenous people in the Andes and in the slums of Lima, and of their religiosity.

This short experimental documentary challenges stereotypes about Indigenous people in the workplace. Featuring portraits set to a powerful poem by...

Forest Mind is a video work that emerges from the artist’s longstanding interest in the human interaction with the natural world. Forest Mind...

"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into...

Examines the 1879 court case of Standing Bear vs. Crook and the struggle for basic Native American rights.

Combining archival photos with new and found footage, this short film presents a personal, impressionistic rendering of what it's like growing up...

In Mexico, the lack of jobs in villages and communities forces people to migrate to cities in search of opportunities and better income. This is the...

The filmmaker traces the loss of her ancestral language over three generations of her family, and her own desire to recover it.

A healing and poetic essay on our intergenerational relationship with water.

The Manoki people live in northwestern Mato Grosso, Brazil, and one of their main economic activities is selling pequi, a local fruit, on the...

Albert Ward was a highly regarded Mi'kmaq Elder from Eel Ground First Nation and a very dear friend and teacher to my family. This recording was the...

Historical heritage documentary about the disease that, 100 years ago, occurred during and after the Mexican Revolution. This film presents real...

Mainland reporter hears about protest on Vancouver Island and decides to visit and see it for himself. He spends time to meet people there from both...

Indigenous media activist Angelo Tupinambá partners with a business influencer to monetize his web radio by turning it into a film.

A coming-of-age story that follows two teenagers in love doing the Pow wow circuit.