Indigenous Peoples Movies

In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settle on Roanoke Island and soon vanish, baffling historians for centuries; now, experts use the latest...

An old Tungus clan is committed to the laws of clan vengeance. Years before the October Revolution, the elder of the clan is captured and thrown into...

Eami means ‘forest’ in Ayoreo. It also means ‘world’. The story happens in the Paraguayan Chaco, the territory with the...

With no Forest left to hunt and no land to cultivate, the Maby-Guarani depend on the sale of their handcraft to survive. Three young Guarani...

Based on Nikolai Lovtsov's story "The Contraband Trust". About events in the village of gold hunters in the Far East. The action takes place in 1923.

If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S....

A little Nenets girl Neko is taken against her will from her home to a boarding school in a remote Russian village. Forced to adapt to a foreign...

In the Bella Coola Valley, a haunting legend endures through generations as a filmmaker reckons with whether the stories of her ancestors can survive...

A young indigenous man contracts tuberculosis and is sent to the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton. He struggles with the aftereffects of...

Following filmmaker Taye Alvis as he looks to reconnect to his community of Walpole Island First Nation. Taye will explore his relationship to...

This is a trilogy about Norway’s shame.

Uncover the rugged history, desert wildlife, and hidden secrets of the California desert. This documentary dives deep into the rich human stories of...

This documentary short is the first film made by an all-Aboriginal film crew, training under the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. It was shot at...

Remember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major...

An American elementary school program from the 1970s, Man: A Course of Study (MACOS), looked to the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic to help students see...

Tom Hill, a Seneca artist and curator, explores the works of four contemporary Indigenous artists.

A polemic against Werner Herzog and the making of "Fitzcarraldo", exploring the question of the filmmaker's ethical and moral responsibility.