Indigenous Community Movies

  • 2019
    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    02019HD

    When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s...

    Now Is the Time
  • 1996
    Mumbaki

    Mumbaki

    Mumbaki

    7.51996HD

    Joseph is a young doctor who returned to his hometown in the Mountain Province to bury his father, an Ifugao chieftain, who was killed during a...

    Mumbaki
  • 2018
    Ayahuasca: Expansion of Consciousness

    Ayahuasca: Expansion of Consciousness

    Ayahuasca: Expansion of Consciousness

    02018HD

    The story of Ayahuasca, from its emergence in the Amazonian Forest, to its popularity with the Santo Daime religion, and on to its arrival in urban...

    Ayahuasca: Expansion of Consciousness
  • 1970
    A Land Without Shadows

    A Land Without Shadows

    A Land Without Shadows

    01970HD

    The Guarani people have searched for a land without shadows for a hundred years. The beauty in their home is precious and undeniable, but climate...

    A Land Without Shadows
  • 2023
    Here Where It All Ends

    Here Where It All Ends

    Here Where It All Ends

    02023HD

    "Here Where It All Ends" is an experimental, poetic short film that moves between documentary and fiction to address an endangered culture, that of...

    Here Where It All Ends
  • 2016
    Train leaves two towns

    Train leaves two towns

    Train leaves two towns

    52016HD

    In Ecuador, in a single day, the train passes from the mountainous Andes to the tropical coast. The roads were built between 1861 and 1908 to connect...

    Train leaves two towns
  • 2016
    The Price of the Prize

    The Price of the Prize

    The Price of the Prize

    02016HD

    First Nations fight to end grizzly bear trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia. The Heiltsuk, Kitasoo Xai'xais and Gitga'at...

    The Price of the Prize
  • 2020
    The Rebellion of Memory

    The Rebellion of Memory

    The Rebellion of Memory

    02020HD

    It became world news in October 2019 when economic reforms in Ecuador led to gas prices suddenly shooting up by 123 percent. People from urban and...

    The Rebellion of Memory
  • 2022
    Helena of Sarayaku

    Helena of Sarayaku

    Helena of Sarayaku

    22022HD

    Helena is 17 years old and studies in Finland. Her father, a Swede, and her mother, indigenous Kichwa of Sarayaku, live at the heart of the Amazon in...

    Helena of Sarayaku
  • 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
  • 1999
    My Village in Nunavik

    My Village in Nunavik

    My Village in Nunavik

    01999HD

    Shot during three seasons, Kenuajuak's documentary tenderly portrays village life and the elements that forge the character of his people: their...

    My Village in Nunavik
  • 1971
    The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

    01971HD

    Mr. Greene recollects Navajo history through interviews with ancient tribesmen and reports on contemporary conditions, with emphasis on the progress...

    The Long Walk
  • 2024
    Toroboro: The Name of the Plants

    Toroboro: The Name of the Plants

    Toroboro: The Name of the Plants

    02024HD

    A botanical expedition in Ecuador's Amazon becomes a medium for an indigenous Huaorani community to remember the genocidal colonization it suffered...

    Toroboro: The Name of the Plants
  • 2024
    Povo da Floresta

    Povo da Floresta

    Povo da Floresta

    82024HD

    Povo da Floresta
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2016
    Where Did the Swallows Go?

    Where Did the Swallows Go?

    Where Did the Swallows Go?

    02016HD

    The climate is changing, and the Indigenous peoples of the Xingu Indigenous Park, in Mato Grosso, Brazil, are reading the signs everywhere. Trees no...

    Where Did the Swallows Go?
  • 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
  • 1970
    Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock

    Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock

    Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock

    01970HD

    Nominated for an Emmy® Award in 2021 for best non fiction special. Winner of 35 grand jury awards. Filmed in 2016 at Standing Rock, North...

    Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock
  • 1916
    The Cliff Dwellers of America

    The Cliff Dwellers of America

    The Cliff Dwellers of America

    01916HD

    The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...

    The Cliff Dwellers of America