Indigenous Film
An always expanding list of films by indigenous filmmakers about indigenous people, themes and stories.
In brackets behind the film's original title are the indigenous peoples that the film is about and in brackets behind the directors's names are the tribes and cultures that they personally represent.
In brackets behind the film's original title are the indigenous peoples that the film is about and in brackets behind the directors's names are the tribes and cultures that they personally represent.
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- DirectorGwaai EdenshawHelen Haig-BrownStarsWilly RussAdeana YoungBrandon KallioWhen a man accidentally causes the death of the son of his best friend, the man is wracked by grief and runs off into the woods.Original title: SG̲aawaay Ḵ'uuna, (Haida)
Directors: Gwaai Hluugitgaa Edenshaw (Haida) & Helen Haig-Brown (Yunesit'in community, Tsilhqot'in Nation) - DirectorTaika WaititiStarsTammy DavisTaungaroa EmileRob MokarakaA squad of Maori troops in WWII Europe silently entertain themselves in a destroyed house while waiting to enter the coming battle.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsJames RollestonTe Aho Eketone-WhituTaika WaititiBoy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
- DirectorJacob GrønlykkeStarsRasmus LyberthVivi NielsenNiels PlatowWhen the humiliation and grief of his eldest son's shooting rampage and subsequent suicide threatens to pull him under, a brokenhearted father (Rasmus Lyberth) leaves his family and tight-knit community and heads into Greenland's bleak landscape. As he journeys forth on an antiquated dogsled with no destination, he eventually finds solace -- and the soul he lost long ago -- in the form of a mystical hermit (Anda Kristiansen).
- DirectorMike MagidsonStarsGaba PetersenOle Jørgen HammekenRebekka JørgensenSeveral years after losing his father, Inuk learns the way of his people again.
- DirectorAlethea Arnaquq-BarilStarsAlethea Arnaquq-BarilAaju PeterAn Inuk filmmaker takes a close look at the central role of seal hunting in the lives of the Inuit, the importance of the revenue they earn from sales of seal skins, and the negative impact that international campaigns against the seal hunt have had on their lives.
- DirectorInuk JørgensenAn exploration of the lands of Greenland that exemplify its beauty, while questioning the extractive industries taking from these lands and worrying about the long term effects of these harmful activities.
- DirectorShirley CheechooStarsDeldon AmosJack BurningShirley CheechooA young girl takes on more responsibiltiy after her father becomes ill.
- DirectorM. CentenoStarsPhillippe DallaisDietmar GrundmannYoshihiro IkemuraAinu. Paths to Memory is a discovery documentary of the Ainu people in Japan. While they have historically been represented as an exotic tribe and isolated from the world, the reality of the Ainu community entailed processes of cultural assimilation, discrimination, dispossession of land, unfair laws banning their old lifestyles and adaptation to modern life. On a trip through the recovery of their identity, we will find a people erased from the history of their homeland, whose origins and language are still a mystery. The tour along the paths to memory reveals a renewed interest for cultural preservation. The repeated sentence "I am Ainu" shows a willingness to overcome the harsh conditions of the past and recover their pride. The awakening of the Ainu people in the global world poses an unavoidable question, what does being Ainu mean today?
- DirectorKieth MerrillStarsCharles White-EagleMcKee RedwingLois Red ElkYoung troublemaker Michael learns about his native American roots from his grandfather, who lives on a reservation. The boy starts to bond with a horse his grandfather buys him, who he decides to call "Three Warriors". When a trio of horse rustlers get hold of the horse, Michael gets to put his newfound appreciation for his grandfather's ways into effect.
- DirectorHelen Haig-BrownStarsDana RiceMy Legacy follows Helen as she explores the often tenuous relationship between a mother and daughter made more complex by the legacy of residential school.
- DirectorAdam Garnet JonesStarsAndrew MartinJennifer PodemskiHarley LegardeShane, a gay Anishnabe teenager in Northern Ontario, is struggling to support his family in the aftermath of his sister's suicide. If he fails, he will be forced to choose between his family's home and his own future.
- DirectorAmanda KernellStarsMaj-Doris RimpiOlle SarriÁnne Biret SombyA reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.