First Nations Movies

In a corner of regional Victoria exists a place of astounding natural beauty, archaeological significance and age-old culture. But the Indigenous...

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

In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of...

A Seminole Indian captures a falcon on its yearly migration, but it yearns to be free.

The most isolated metal band in the world, Southeast Desert Metal, and their Aunty Kathleen, share ancient Arrernte culture with the world through...

The Inuit folktale of an old woman and the orphaned polar bear cub she took in as her own child.

This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of...

Profile of the Haida artist Bill Reid

Legendary documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin provides a glimpse of what action-driven decolonization looks like in Norway House, one of...

David Vandenbrink seems like a healthy 21-year-old, bright and articulate young man. There is little to suggest that while in his mother's womb, he...

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

When Jimmy leaves his reservation for the lures of city life, he finds himself confronted with a future he could never have imagined.

An artist leads his Infection Procession to the water.

"A documentary film which looks at the issue of British Columbia Native land claims and how the aboriginals link their culture to the land, which has...

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...

The Indigenous peoples of northern British Columbia still hunt and fish, using a combination of traditional ways and modern equipment and techniques...

Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as Indigenous multimedia changemakers learn and document the teachings of their Elders. Ecko Aleck of the...

In 2011, 2100 First Nation people were forced from their homes after artificially diverted floodwater swamped their communities to save the city of...

During a training exercise in an abandoned open-pit mine, a crew of Canadian astronauts are interrupted by an Atikamekw elder, who asks them to...