First Nations Movies

Smoke Traders is an inside look at the world of the Mohawk tobacco trade.

In a sweeping tale that spans 1000 years and multiple generations – from the distant past to the 19th century, the present day and a strange,...

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.

The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the federal and provincial governments argued over which...

Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child. An important figure...

Felix gets into trouble with a tribe of Indians out west, and is chased by a bear.

Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter from Canada haunted by the tragic death of her husband, who was hit by lightning. She paints the stories he used...

A journey by canoe into the city creates a dynamic interconnection between natural and urban spaces, in this evocative short set to a hypnotizing...

Told from the Native American perspective, this documentary will uncover the dark history of the U.S. government and will give a voice to the...

Incident at Restigouche is a 1984 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, chronicling a series of two raids on the Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation...

On a summer day in the 1950s, a native girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car. A woman at her kitchen table sings a lullaby in...

Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and...

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

In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en...

This documentary profiles the tiny Ojibway community of Hollow Water on the shores of Lake Winnipeg as they deal with an epidemic of sexual abuse in...

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

A father's takes his estranged son on a fishing trip as a way of bonding, but when the car breaks down he realises it's not the only thing that needs...

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

A First Nations boy in the Australian outback adopts an injured dingo. The two of them set off on a quest to find an emu.

Discover the endless highway in British Columbia where over 40 indigenous women and girls (by unofficial estimates) have disappeared since the 1970s.