Movies: First nations

  • 1971
    Christmas at Moose Factory

    Christmas at Moose Factory (1971)

    Christmas at Moose Factory

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    A study of life at Christmastime in Moose Factory, an old settlement mainly composed of Cree families on the shore of James Bay, composed entirely of children's crayon drawings and narrated by children....

    Christmas at Moose Factory
  • 2019
    Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

    Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (2019)

    Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

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    The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the federal and provincial governments argued over which was responsible for his care, as well as the long struggle of Indigenous activists to force the Canad...

    Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
  • 2017
    Our People Will Be Healed

    Our People Will Be Healed (2017)

    Our People Will Be Healed

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    Legendary documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin provides a glimpse of what action-driven decolonization looks like in Norway House, one of Manitoba's largest First Nation communities....

    Our People Will Be Healed
  • 2024
    Host

    Host (2024)

    Host

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    An artist leads his Infection Procession to the water....

    Host
  • 2019
    The Crying Fields

    The Crying Fields (2019)

    The Crying Fields

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    A deep dive into the history of the Canadian Government and the Department of National Defence leasing First Nations reserves as practice bombing ranges during World War I and World War II. This documentary follows the Enoch Cree Nation's process of ...

    The Crying Fields
  • 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 (1975)

    The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims

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    "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 been stolen by the dominant white culture of North America. In the film, the argument is presented t...

    The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims
  • 1969
    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon

    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon (1969)

    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon

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    A Seminole Indian captures a falcon on its yearly migration, but it yearns to be free....

    Varda, the Peregrine Falcon
  • 2010
    A Good Day to Die

    A Good Day to Die (2010)

    A Good Day to Die

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    Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of the Movement....

    A Good Day to Die
  • 2006
    One Dead Indian

    One Dead Indian (2006)

    One Dead Indian

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    Stoney Point Natives assemble at Ipperwash Provincial Park for what began as a peaceful protest....

    One Dead Indian
  • 1974
    Shokee, the Everglades Panther

    Shokee, the Everglades Panther (1974)

    Shokee, the Everglades Panther

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    A Seminole boy spending the summer alone in the Everglades as a rite of passage helps a lost panther cub survive, but the village does not welcome him when he follows the boy home. The boy has to steal an airboat to take the panther deep into the swa...

    Shokee, the Everglades Panther
  • 2005
    Johnny Tootall

    Johnny Tootall (2005)

    Johnny Tootall

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    Discharged from Bosnian war, Johnny carries the weight of this war on his shoulders. He left the war with a dark and frightening secret, the murder of a young boy that haunts him. But Johnny carries many demons. The death of his father, running from ...

    Johnny Tootall
  • 2020
    Invasion

    Invasion (2020)

    Invasion

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    In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger Wet’suwet’en Nation are standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence ag...

    Invasion
  • 1969
    You Are on Indian Land

    You Are on Indian Land (1969)

    You Are on Indian Land

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    The territory of Akwesasne straddles the Canada-U.S. border. When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal purchases - a right established by the Jay Treaty of 1794 - Kanien'kéhaka protesters blocked the internat...

    You Are on Indian Land
  • 2004
    Two Worlds Colliding

    Two Worlds Colliding (2004)

    Two Worlds Colliding

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    This documentary chronicles the story of Darrell Night, an Indigenous man who was dumped by two police officers in a barren field on the outskirts of Saskatoon in January 2000, during -20° C temperatures. He survived, but he was stunned to hear that ...

    Two Worlds Colliding
  • 1944
    Totems

    Totems (1944)

    Totems

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    For Indigenous peoples the totem pole is the symbol of life, portraying the relationship between humans and animals. Fitting into the landscape of British Columbia, these monuments, witnesses to an ancient and powerful culture, look down at us. The g...

    Totems
  • 2018
    Fast Horse

    Fast Horse (2018)

    Fast Horse

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    The Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition returns in the astonishingly dangerous Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles with secondhand horses and a new jockey on his way to challenging the best riders in the Blackfoot Confeder...

    Fast Horse
  • 2019
    Out of Range

    Out of Range (2019)

    Out of Range

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    A father's takes his estranged son on a fishing trip as a way of bonding, but when the car breaks down he realises it's not the only thing that needs fixing....

    Out of Range
  • 1966
    Concho, the Coyote Who Wasn't

    Concho, the Coyote Who Wasn't (1966)

    Concho, the Coyote Who Wasn't

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    A coyote adopted by an old Navajo, Delgado, thinks he is a sheepdog, though he is not accepted by the other dogs of the area....

    Concho, the Coyote Who Wasn't
  • 2015
    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance

    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance (2015)

    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance

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    The conflict over forestry operations on Lyell Island in 1985 was a major milestone in the history of the re-emergence of the Haida Nation. It was a turning point for the Haida and management of their natural resources....

    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance
  • 1961
    Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road

    Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road (1961)

    Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road

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    Daniel and his friends have troubles with Indians on their way to Kentucky....

    Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road