Indigenous Community Movies

  • 1979
    Q'eros: The Shape of Survival

    Q'eros: The Shape of Survival

    Q'eros: The Shape of Survival

    21979HD

    Exploration of the way of life of the Q’eros Indians of Peru, who have lived in the Andes for more than 3,000 years.

    Q'eros: The Shape of Survival
  • 1992
    Battle for the Trees

    Battle for the Trees

    Battle for the Trees

    101992HD

    This documentary examines the battle strategies of citizens, scientists, loggers, environmentalists and First Nations people who are fighting over...

    Battle for the Trees
  • 2024
    The Birds Who Fear Death

    The Birds Who Fear Death

    The Birds Who Fear Death

    82024HD

    Two brothers, disinherited and desperate for cash, journey into the Canadian wilds to find themselves, their people and their fortune.

    The Birds Who Fear Death
  • 2025
    The Bear Inside a Whale

    The Bear Inside a Whale

    The Bear Inside a Whale

    02025HD

    Stan Hill Jr. is a Haudenosaunee artist living in Miawpukek First Nation Reserve, Conne River, Newfoundland. In “The Bear Inside a...

    The Bear Inside a Whale
  • 1986
    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    71986HD

    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
  • 2025
    Red Girl Rising

    Red Girl Rising

    Red Girl Rising

    02025HD

    Joyce Jonathan Crone—Mohawk matriarch, retired teacher, activist, humanitarian—reaches forward into her community of Huntsville, Ontario,...

    Red Girl Rising
  • 2023
    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance

    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance

    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance

    02023HD

    The 6 Guarani villages of Jaraguá, in São Paulo, fight for land rights, for human rights and for the preservation of nature. They...

    Xondaros - Guarani Resistance
  • 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
  • 1953
    Funeral Bororo

    Funeral Bororo

    Funeral Bororo

    01953HD

    Funeral Bororo
  • 2019
    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    02019HD

    When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s...

    Now Is the Time
  • 2008
    Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family

    Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family

    Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family

    02008HD

    In decades past, Native American artists who wanted to sell to mainstream collectors had little choice but to create predictable, Hollywood-style...

    Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family
  • 2016
    Where Did the Swallows Go?

    Where Did the Swallows Go?

    Where Did the Swallows Go?

    02016HD

    The climate is changing, and the Indigenous peoples of the Xingu Indigenous Park, in Mato Grosso, Brazil, are reading the signs everywhere. Trees no...

    Where Did the Swallows Go?
  • 1947
    Os Carajá

    Os Carajá

    Os Carajá

    01947HD

    Os Carajá
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid

    81979HD

    Profile of the Haida artist Bill Reid

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Reid
  • 2025
    Dusk & Dawn

    Dusk & Dawn

    Dusk & Dawn

    02025HD

    We follow Dusk & Dawn, two exes who rekindle their love on the night of their high school graduation. As they navigate the night with their friends,...

    Dusk & Dawn
  • 2026
    Ganibarra

    Ganibarra

    Ganibarra

    02026HD

    What happens when we lose a species that is family? Ganibarra is a deeply personal journey into the cultural connection between first nations people...

    Ganibarra
  • 1971
    The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

    01971HD

    Mr. Greene recollects Navajo history through interviews with ancient tribesmen and reports on contemporary conditions, with emphasis on the progress...

    The Long Walk
  • 1994
    Innu

    Innu

    Innu

    01994HD

    Innu
  • 2023
    Bancoco

    Bancoco

    Bancoco

    02023HD

    A New Yorker journeys to the jungle in the Darien Gap of Panama to reconnect with an indigenous tribe he met and photographed 20 years ago. Their...

    Bancoco
  • 2023
    Kawa

    Kawa

    Kawa

    02023HD

    A group of scientists digs on land within the Amazon in search of fertile black earth, used for agricultural purposes. As they approach the site of...

    Kawa