First Nations Movies

  • 1969
    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon

    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon

    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
  • 1978
    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu

    01978HD

    A First Nations boy in the Australian outback adopts an injured dingo. The two of them set off on a quest to find an emu.

    Journey to the Valley of the Emu
  • 2020
    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status

    02020HD

    This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of...

    (Re)Claiming Indian Status
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid

    81979HD

    Profile of the Haida artist Bill Reid

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid
  • 2022
    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    02022HD

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

    Ghosts
  • 2000
    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    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...

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2024
    Host

    Host

    Host

    02024HD

    An artist leads his Infection Procession to the water.

    Host
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1992
    Kecia: Words to Live By

    Kecia: Words to Live By

    Kecia: Words to Live By

    01992HD

    The first (native) First Nations girl to come forward as HIV-positive in the early 90's. The film chronicles her travels across Canada delivering...

    Kecia: Words to Live By
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2014
    Treading Water: Plight of the Manitoba First Nation Flood Evacuees

    Treading Water: Plight of the Manitoba First Nation Flood Evacuees

    Treading Water: Plight of the Manitoba First Nation Flood Evacuees

    02014HD

    In 2011, 2100 First Nation people were forced from their homes after artificially diverted floodwater swamped their communities to save the city of...

    Treading Water: Plight of the Manitoba First Nation Flood Evacuees
  • 2023
    Soleil de nuit

    Soleil de nuit

    Soleil de nuit

    72023HD

    During a training exercise in an abandoned open-pit mine, a crew of Canadian astronauts are interrupted by an Atikamekw elder, who asks them to...

    Soleil de nuit