Indigenous Community Movies

  • 2015
    Defenders of Life

    Defenders of Life

    Defenders of Life

    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
  • 2023
    Next Goal Wins

    Next Goal Wins

    Next Goal Wins

    6.4242023HD

    Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.

    Next Goal Wins
  • 2017
    Tawai: A Voice from the Forest

    Tawai: A Voice from the Forest

    Tawai: A Voice from the Forest

    6.22017HD

    Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand humanity's changing relationship with the world...

    Tawai: A Voice from the Forest
  • 2022
    Still We Rise

    Still We Rise

    Still We Rise

    02022HD

    50 years on, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is the oldest continuing protest occupation site in the world. Taking a fresh lens this is a bold dive into...

    Still We Rise
  • 2024
    Fancy Dance

    Fancy Dance

    Fancy Dance

    6.82024HD

    Following her sister's disappearance, Jax and her niece Roki must stick together. Desperate to keep what's left of their family intact, Jax and Roki...

    Fancy Dance
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2017
    The Road Forward

    The Road Forward

    The Road Forward

    92017HD

    The Road Forward is an electrifying musical documentary that connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of...

    The Road Forward
  • 2023
    The Fire of a Firefly

    The Fire of a Firefly

    The Fire of a Firefly

    02023HD

    Pedro, an indigenous migrant, returns to his village for his mother's funeral. When he learns of the serious problem his brother Ismael is involved...

    The Fire of a Firefly
  • 2022
    For Love

    For Love

    For Love

    7.52022HD

    In this searing documentary, Indigenous people share heartbreaking stories that reveal the injustices inflicted by the Canadian child welfare system.

    For Love
  • 2024
    Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

    Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

    Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

    72024HD

    A searing examination of the contamination that sparked an international catastrophe and the decades’ long battle with some of the...

    Revealed: How to Poison a Planet
  • 2023
    Covenant of the Salmon People

    Covenant of the Salmon People

    Covenant of the Salmon People

    102023HD

    Covenant of the Salmon People is a documentary portrait of the Nez Perce Tribe’s ancient covenant with salmon. The film follows their efforts...

    Covenant of the Salmon People
  • 2024
    The Buriti Flower

    The Buriti Flower

    The Buriti Flower

    72024HD

    Through her child’s eyes, Patpro will go through three periods of the history of her indigenous people, in the heart of the Brazilian forest....

    The Buriti Flower
  • 2014
    Bontok, Rapeless

    Bontok, Rapeless

    Bontok, Rapeless

    02014HD

    Two Filipina victims of sexual abuse search the truth behind the finding of a renowned anthropologist: that merely a few generations ago, the Bontok...

    Bontok, Rapeless
  • 2012
    No Other Choice

    No Other Choice

    No Other Choice

    02012HD

    An undercover documentary film produced and directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, about the struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of...

    No Other Choice
  • 1970
    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    01970HD

    Healing the Nation follows community members of the Toronto-based Aboriginal Healing Program as they rediscover their culture to heal from unresolved...

    Healing the nation
  • 1986
    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    01986HD

    An indigenous tradition in the highlands of Peru where three key players take part: a wild condor, a raging bull and brave young men.

    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre
  • 1996
    Mumbaki

    Mumbaki

    Mumbaki

    61996HD

    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
  • 2001
    The Medicine of Forgiveness

    The Medicine of Forgiveness

    The Medicine of Forgiveness

    02001HD

    Benito Arévalo is an onaya: a traditional healer in a Shipibo-Konibo community in Peruvian Amazonia. He explains something of the onaya...

    The Medicine of Forgiveness
  • 1992
    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    01992HD

    This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

    Surviving Columbus