First Nations Movies

  • 2015
    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance

    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance

    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...

    Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance
  • 2022
    Wildhood

    Wildhood

    Wildhood

    6.62022HD

    Link and his brother flee their abusive father and embark on a journey where Link discovers his sexuality and rediscovers his Mi’kmaw heritage.

    Wildhood
  • 1983
    Box of Treasures

    Box of Treasures

    Box of Treasures

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    In 1921 the Kwakiut'l people of Alert Bay, British Columbia, held their last secret potlatch. In 1980 at Alert Bay, the U'mista Cultural Centre...

    Box of Treasures
  • 1991
    Clearcut

    Clearcut

    Clearcut

    6.91991HD

    A white lawyer finds his values shaken when he is paired with an angry Indigenous activist who insists on kidnapping the head of a logging company to...

    Clearcut
  • 2020
    Nin E Tepueian: My Cry

    Nin E Tepueian: My Cry

    Nin E Tepueian: My Cry

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    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...

    Nin E Tepueian: My Cry
  • 2023
    Bones of Crows

    Bones of Crows

    Bones of Crows

    6.82023HD

    Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the...

    Bones of Crows
  • 2015
    Redfern Now: Promise Me

    Redfern Now: Promise Me

    Redfern Now: Promise Me

    82015HD

    Two young women are raped on their way home. The story follows the lives of both women and the different ways they deal with the crime.

    Redfern Now: Promise Me
  • 1992
    Kecia: Words to Live By

    Kecia: Words to Live By

    Kecia: Words to Live By

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    The first (native) First Nations girl to come forward as HIV-positive in the early 90's. The film chronicles her travels across Canada delivering...

    Kecia: Words to Live By
  • 2008
    Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back

    Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back

    Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back

    02008HD

    For over 50 years, the Kahnawake Mohawks, of Quebec, Canada occupied a 10 square block area in the North Gowanus section of Brooklyn, which became...

    Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back
  • 2022
    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    02022HD

    Three Kiowa boys attempt to escape a government boarding school in 1891, Oklahoma.

    Ghosts
  • 2018
    Those Who Come, Will Hear

    Those Who Come, Will Hear

    Those Who Come, Will Hear

    92018HD

    The documentary proposes a unique meeting with the speakers of several indigenous and inuit languages of Quebec – all threatened with...

    Those Who Come, Will Hear
  • 2017
    Home for the Holidays

    Home for the Holidays

    Home for the Holidays

    8.62017HD

    "Home for the Holidays" is the third stand-alone two hour Christmas special of the "Murdoch Mysteries" that first aired on December 18, 2017 on CBC,...

    Home for the Holidays
  • 1991
    Women in the Shadows

    Women in the Shadows

    Women in the Shadows

    81991HD

    Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...

    Women in the Shadows
  • 1999
    Deep Inside Clint Star

    Deep Inside Clint Star

    Deep Inside Clint Star

    5.21999HD

    Director Clint Alberta takes us on a hilarious and bittersweet journey into the hearts and minds of some very ordinary, extraordinary young...

    Deep Inside Clint Star
  • 2022
    Boisbouscache

    Boisbouscache

    Boisbouscache

    52022HD

    The TNO (Unorganized Territory) Lac-Boisbouscache is a 150 square kilometer public forest located in the Lower St. Lawrence region of Quebec, Canada....

    Boisbouscache
  • 2017
    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier

    02017HD

    Sensationalized in the media as a high profile catfishing case involving an NBA superstar and an aspiring model, Shelly Chartier was portrayed as a...

    Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier
  • 1966
    Concho, the Coyote Who Wasn't

    Concho, the Coyote Who Wasn't

    Concho, the Coyote Who Wasn't

    01966HD

    A coyote adopted by an old Navajo, Delgado, thinks he is a sheepdog, though he is not accepted by the other dogs of the area.

    Concho, the Coyote Who Wasn't
  • 1992
    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

    6.81992HD

    Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own...

    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
  • 2000
    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

    02000HD

    For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool. These distinctive...

    The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters
  • 2005
    Johnny Tootall

    Johnny Tootall

    Johnny Tootall

    102005HD

    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...

    Johnny Tootall