First Nations Movies
- 2007
First Stories: Two Spirited
First Stories: Two Spirited72007HD
This short documentary presents the empowering story of Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette's struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community as a...
- 1987
Foster Child
Foster Child31987HD
Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child. An important figure...
- 2014
Trick or Treaty?
Trick or Treaty?02014HD
Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations...
- 2000
Hollow Water
Hollow Water82000HD
This documentary profiles the tiny Ojibway community of Hollow Water on the shores of Lake Winnipeg as they deal with an epidemic of sexual abuse in...
- 2024
Our Maternal Home
Our Maternal Home82024HD
Filmmaker and educator Janine Windolph ventures from Saskatchewan to Quebec with her two teens and younger sister, tracing their familial origins to...
- 2019
Now Is the Time
Now Is the Time02019HD
When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s...
- 2021
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again82021HD
After marrying a settler, Mary Two-Axe Earley lost her legal status as a First Nations woman. Dedicating her life to activism, she campaigned to have...
- 1993
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance7.41993HD
In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a...
- 1970
Healing the nation
Healing the nation01970HD
Healing the Nation follows community members of the Toronto-based Aboriginal Healing Program as they rediscover their culture to heal from unresolved...
- 1944
People of the Potlatch
People of the Potlatch01944HD
The Indigenous peoples of northern British Columbia still hunt and fish, using a combination of traditional ways and modern equipment and techniques...
- 2025
Red Girl Rising
Red Girl Rising02025HD
Joyce Jonathan Crone—Mohawk matriarch, retired teacher, activist, humanitarian—reaches forward into her community of Huntsville, Ontario,...
- 2018
Indian Rights for Indian Women
Indian Rights for Indian Women02018HD
Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights.
- 2020
Nin E Tepueian: My Cry
Nin E Tepueian: My Cry72020HD
NIN E TEPUEIAN - MY CRY is a documentary tracks the journey of Innu poet, actress and activist, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, at a pivotal time in...
- 2010
Choke
Choke02010HD
When Jimmy leaves his reservation for the lures of city life, he finds himself confronted with a future he could never have imagined.
- 1984
Incident at Restigouche
Incident at Restigouche7.51984HD
Incident at Restigouche is a 1984 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, chronicling a series of two raids on the Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation...
- 2022
Boisbouscache
Boisbouscache52022HD
The TNO (Unorganized Territory) Lac-Boisbouscache is a 150 square kilometer public forest located in the Lower St. Lawrence region of Quebec, Canada....
- 1986
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child01986HD
This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the...
- 2009
Savage
Savage02009HD
On a summer day in the 1950s, a native girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car. A woman at her kitchen table sings a lullaby in...
- 2020
(Re)Claiming Indian Status
(Re)Claiming Indian Status02020HD
This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of...
- 2013
Snare
Snare02013HD