Movies: First nations

  • 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
  • 1924
    Felix Goes West

    Felix Goes West (1924)

    Felix Goes West

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    Felix gets into trouble with a tribe of Indians out west, and is chased by a bear....

    Felix Goes West
  • 2021
    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy (2021)

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

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    Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic. Witness the change brought by community members with substance-use disorder, first responders an...

    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
  • 2024
    Host

    Host (2024)

    Host

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

    Host
  • 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
  • 2008
    Our Spirits Don't Speak English

    Our Spirits Don't Speak English (2008)

    Our Spirits Don't Speak English

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    Told from the Native American perspective, this documentary will uncover the dark history of the U.S. government and will give a voice to the countless Indian children forced through the system....

    Our Spirits Don't Speak English
  • 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
  • 2007
    Totem: Return and Renewal

    Totem: Return and Renewal (2007)

    Totem: Return and Renewal

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    In this follow-up to his 2003 film, Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documents the events of the final journey of the G'psgolox Pole as it returns home to Kitamaat and the Haisla people, from where it went missing in 19...

    Totem: Return and Renewal
  • 2017
    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier (2017)

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

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    Sensationalized in the media as a high profile catfishing case involving an NBA superstar and an aspiring model, Shelly Chartier was portrayed as a master manipulator who used social media as her weapon. Through the sensitive and intelligent lens of ...

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2019
    Haida Modern

    Haida Modern (2019)

    Haida Modern

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    In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole, Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one of the world’s foremost modern artists. Charles Wilkinson (Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World) brings his trademark inquisitiveness and craftsmans...

    Haida Modern