Indigenous Community Movies

  • 2025
    Lost Songs of Sundari

    Lost Songs of Sundari

    Lost Songs of Sundari

    02025HD

    In Mumbai, once an island city linked by the sea, modern bridges and land reclamation have reshaped the landscape, disrupting the lives of its...

    Lost Songs of Sundari
  • 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
  • 2026
    Ahyoka

    Ahyoka

    Ahyoka

    02026HD

    ᎠᏲᎧ is a portrait of Ahyoka Youngdeer, Cherokee culture bearer, teacher, and two-spirit activist. Weaving her own life with a...

    Ahyoka
  • 2013
    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    92013HD

    A documentary that tells the story of five American Indian artists, the Urban Indian 5 (UI5), and their unique partnership.

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again
  • 2023
    Nostalgia for the Lake

    Nostalgia for the Lake

    Nostalgia for the Lake

    62023HD

    A vision from Limbo, where the canoeist of the eternal lake floats in his boat, between sleep and wakefulness. When he sleeps, he dreams of the...

    Nostalgia for the Lake
  • 2002
    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    02002HD

    Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then...

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance
  • 2013
    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    Tokyo Ainu

    02013HD

    TOKYO Ainu features the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, living in Greater Tokyo (Tokyo and its surrounding areas), who are and actively in...

    Tokyo Ainu
  • 2021
    The Return

    The Return

    The Return

    72021HD

    It’s spring in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Uyantza festival is underway with the community celebrating all that the forest has to offer....

    The Return
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2023
    Here Where It All Ends

    Here Where It All Ends

    Here Where It All Ends

    02023HD

    "Here Where It All Ends" is an experimental, poetic short film that moves between documentary and fiction to address an endangered culture, that of...

    Here Where It All Ends
  • 2015
    Defenders of Life

    Defenders of Life

    Defenders of Life

    7.52015HD

    In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only...

    Defenders of Life
  • 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
  • 2020
    Mother River

    Mother River

    Mother River

    02020HD

    In a remote Peruvian city, lives Honorata Vilca, an illiterate woman of Quechua descent who sells candies more than 20 years ago, with the rain will...

    Mother River
  • 2022
    Helena of Sarayaku

    Helena of Sarayaku

    Helena of Sarayaku

    22022HD

    Helena is 17 years old and studies in Finland. Her father, a Swede, and her mother, indigenous Kichwa of Sarayaku, live at the heart of the Amazon in...

    Helena of Sarayaku
  • 2025
    Oceanbone

    Oceanbone

    Oceanbone

    02025HD

    A short film detailing the journey and prospects of returning the skeletons of indigenous peoples' ancestors back to their homeland.

    Oceanbone
  • 1985
    Señor Turista - Begegnungen am Tititacasee

    Señor Turista - Begegnungen am Tititacasee

    Señor Turista - Begegnungen am Tititacasee

    01985HD

    Documentary about how indigenous culture and the achievements of modern tourism intertwine.

    Señor Turista - Begegnungen am Tititacasee
  • 1916
    The Cliff Dwellers of America

    The Cliff Dwellers of America

    The Cliff Dwellers of America

    01916HD

    The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...

    The Cliff Dwellers of America
  • 2025
    Rangers Look After the Desert 'Healthy Country'

    Rangers Look After the Desert 'Healthy Country'

    Rangers Look After the Desert 'Healthy Country'

    02025HD

    In November 2024, two Indigenous ranger teams set out on a 1,900-kilometre journey from the remote community of Bidyadanga in Western Australia to...

    Rangers Look After the Desert 'Healthy Country'
  • 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