Indigenous Movies

Since colonial times, the indigenous people of the Andean mountains have ascended to peaks that reach 5,200 meters above sea level. There, they crush...

SapiKuna is a documentary exploring the ancestral knowledge of the Kichwa cultures in the Ecuadorian highlands. Through voices, rituals, and...

Forest Mind is a video work that emerges from the artist’s longstanding interest in the human interaction with the natural world. Forest Mind...

In Mexico, the lack of jobs in villages and communities forces people to migrate to cities in search of opportunities and better income. This is the...

The testimonies of the Mashteuiatsh Puakuteu women's committee punctuate this intimate short film about mourning and healing. Throughout the...

His recent animation Kablunât: Legend of the Origin of the White People (2016) draws from a Nunatsiavummiut legend recorded by a Moravian...

Examines the 1879 court case of Standing Bear vs. Crook and the struggle for basic Native American rights.

This cinematic VR experience offers insights into the struggles and conflicts of growing up an Indigenous man.

Historical heritage documentary about the disease that, 100 years ago, occurred during and after the Mexican Revolution. This film presents real...

Human bodies appear incomplete, divided and fractured by water and fabrics as a way to address the cementing, impoundment, and fragmenting of local...

The Manoki people live in northwestern Mato Grosso, Brazil, and one of their main economic activities is selling pequi, a local fruit, on the...

Indigenous media activist Angelo Tupinambá partners with a business influencer to monetize his web radio by turning it into a film.

Mainland reporter hears about protest on Vancouver Island and decides to visit and see it for himself. He spends time to meet people there from both...

Rose the rabbit seeks her way home in this poetic story of reclamation, recovery, and reconciliation.

Shot in Tuxtlas, Veracruz, this documentary exposes the ideological conceptions of witches, healers and patients, with respect to traditional...