Movies: Indigenous community

  • 2022
    Forests

    Forests (2022)

    Forests

    92022HD

    In a dark, ambiguous environment, minuscule particles drift slowly before the lens. The image focuses to reveal spruce trees and tall pines, while Innu voices tell us the story of this territory, this flooded forest. Muffled percussive sounds gradual...

    Forests
  • 1953
    Funeral Bororo

    Funeral Bororo (1953)

    Funeral Bororo

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    Funeral Bororo
  • 2002
    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance (2002)

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    02002HD

    Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then women perform the !gwa dance....

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance
  • 2020
    Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia

    Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia (2020)

    Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia

    02020HD

    Andean communities fight to protect their water from contamination by mining companies....

    Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia
  • 2023
    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home (2023)

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    02023HD

    Following filmmaker Taye Alvis as he looks to reconnect to his community of Walpole Island First Nation. Taye will explore his relationship to Walpole Island, and how one can reconnect to their traditions and culture by way of conversation, arts, and...

    Giiwe: Returning Home
  • 1947
    Os Carajá

    Os Carajá (1947)

    Os Carajá

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    Os Carajá
  • 1969
    Voices That Heal

    Voices That Heal (1969)

    Voices That Heal

    01969HD

    Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient tradition despite Western encroachment?...

    Voices That Heal
  • 2012
    No Other Choice

    No Other Choice (2012)

    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 Western Sahara. The documentary covers the current human rights and political situation of the Sahrawi. Th...

    No Other Choice
  • 2022
    Nunkui

    Nunkui (2022)

    Nunkui

    22022HD

    Nunkui is 13 years old and lives in an Amazonian Shuar community with her grandparents, uncles and cousins. She frequently dreams of the feminine spirit of the garden, named Nunkui like her. The girl does not know this spirit, she does not understand...

    Nunkui
  • 2007
    Sacha Runa Yachay

    Sacha Runa Yachay (2007)

    Sacha Runa Yachay

    02007HD

    The elders of the Kichwa community of Sarayaku preserve the history of their land for the youngest. They save the knowledge of their traditions against modernity and the invasion of their territory....

    Sacha Runa Yachay
  • 1986
    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre (1986)

    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
  • 2022
    This Is Not a Ceremony

    This Is Not a Ceremony (2022)

    This Is Not a Ceremony

    02022HD

    This cinematic VR experience offers insights into the struggles and conflicts of growing up an Indigenous man....

    This Is Not a Ceremony
  • 2022
    Helena of Sarayaku

    Helena of Sarayaku (2022)

    Helena of Sarayaku

    22022HD

    Helena is 17 years old and studies in Finland. Her father, a Swede, and her mother, indigenous Kichwa of Sarayaku, live at the heart of the Amazon in Ecuador....

    Helena of Sarayaku
  • 2012
    Timuti

    Timuti (2012)

    Timuti

    02012HD

    In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across generations of his people, evoking other Timutis, alive and dead, who will nourish his spirit and shape his ...

    Timuti
  • 2020
    The Rebellion of Memory

    The Rebellion of Memory (2020)

    The Rebellion of Memory

    02020HD

    It became world news in October 2019 when economic reforms in Ecuador led to gas prices suddenly shooting up by 123 percent. People from urban and indigenous communities united in protest. In The Rebellion of Memory we follow the events through their...

    The Rebellion of Memory
  • 1971
    The Long Walk

    The Long Walk (1971)

    The Long Walk

    01971HD

    Mr. Greene recollects Navajo history through interviews with ancient tribesmen and reports on contemporary conditions, with emphasis on the progress being made at Rough Rock School in contrast with a BIA boarding school in Utah. Rough Rock is the "ex...

    The Long Walk
  • 2020
    Sonho de Fogo

    Sonho de Fogo (2020)

    Sonho de Fogo

    02020HD

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    Sonho de Fogo
  • 1994
    Innu

    Innu (1994)

    Innu

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    Innu
  • 1988
    Tiag

    Tiag (1988)

    Tiag

    01988HD

    Based on the work of Monsignor Leónidas Proaño, Bishop of Riobamba, the daily life of an indigenous community is presented. His family intimacy and his spirituality, manifested through a rich religious syncretism, are perhaps the most important aspec...

    Tiag
  • 1969
    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde

    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde (1969)

    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde

    01969HD

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    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde