Indigenous Community Movies

  • 2007
    Sacha Runa Yachay

    Sacha Runa Yachay

    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...

    Sacha Runa Yachay
  • 1953
    Funeral Bororo

    Funeral Bororo

    Funeral Bororo

    01953HD

    Funeral Bororo
  • 1970
    Voices That Heal

    Voices That Heal

    Voices That Heal

    01970HD

    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...

    Voices That Heal
  • 2007
    Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico

    Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico

    Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico

    02007HD

    The imagination of history in Ecuador never thought that oil, “its redeeming hope”, discovered in the Lago Agrio No. 1 well, was going to...

    Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico
  • 1983
    Box of Treasures

    Box of Treasures

    Box of Treasures

    01983HD

    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
  • 2020
    Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia

    Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia

    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
  • 2012
    Universal VIP

    Universal VIP

    Universal VIP

    02012HD

    Still working through the grief of losing her only child, Thelma, a young Blackfeet woman in Browning, MT, is taken advantage of by friends who use...

    Universal VIP
  • 2022
    KAPU: Sacred Hawaiian Burials

    KAPU: Sacred Hawaiian Burials

    KAPU: Sacred Hawaiian Burials

    02022HD

    Death is an intimate experience, and how we lay our loved ones to rest, varies between cultures. KAPU: Sacred Hawaiian Burials sheds light on the...

    KAPU: Sacred Hawaiian Burials
  • 1988
    Tiag

    Tiag

    Tiag

    01988HD

    Based on the work of Monsignor Leónidas Proaño, Bishop of Riobamba, the daily life of an indigenous community is presented. His family...

    Tiag
  • 1970
    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    01970HD

    Healing the Nation follows community members of the Toronto-based Aboriginal Healing Program as they rediscover their culture to heal from unresolved...

    Healing the nation
  • 2009
    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    02009HD

    Barry Barclay was a New Zealand/Aotearoa director of documentaries and feature films. He is regarded as one of the world's first, and very...

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore
  • 2022
    This Is Not a Ceremony

    This Is Not a Ceremony

    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
  • 2020
    The Rebellion of Memory

    The Rebellion of Memory

    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...

    The Rebellion of Memory
  • 1992
    Battle for the Trees

    Battle for the Trees

    Battle for the Trees

    01992HD

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

    Battle for the Trees
  • 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
  • 2021
    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    02021HD

    A musical documentary woven around the endangered musical culture of the Rangdani Rabhas from Manikganj, Meghalaya, North East India.

    The Lyrical Rongdanis
  • 1994
    Innu

    Innu

    Innu

    01994HD

    Innu
  • 2022
    Nunkui

    Nunkui

    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...

    Nunkui
  • 2016
    Train leaves two towns

    Train leaves two towns

    Train leaves two towns

    52016HD

    In Ecuador, in a single day, the train passes from the mountainous Andes to the tropical coast. The roads were built between 1861 and 1908 to connect...

    Train leaves two towns
  • 2009
    Monumento a Uruçumirim

    Monumento a Uruçumirim

    Monumento a Uruçumirim

    02009HD

    Manifesto of the Pataxó tribe, with the testimony of the chief José Guajajara, in front of the Monument to Estácio de Sá,...

    Monumento a Uruçumirim