Aboriginal Movies

  • 1987
    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    31987HD

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

    Foster Child
  • 1997
    The Last of the Nomads

    The Last of the Nomads

    The Last of the Nomads

    01997HD

    Like an antipodean version of Romeo and Juliet, it emerges that Warri and Yatungka became the last nomads because they had married outside their triba...

    The Last of the Nomads
  • 2008
    Bastardy

    Bastardy

    Bastardy

    5.92008HD

    Provocative, funny and profoundly moving, Bastardy is the inspirational story of a self proclaimed Robin Hood of the streets. For Forty years and with...

    Bastardy
  • 2024
    Takayna

    Takayna

    Takayna

    102024HD

    takayna / Tarkine in northwestern Tasmania is home to one of the last undisturbed tracts of Gondwanan rainforest in the world, and one of the highest...

    Takayna
  • 2017
    Karihwanoron: Precious Things

    Karihwanoron: Precious Things

    Karihwanoron: Precious Things

    02017HD

    Yagorihwanirats, a Mohawk child from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory in Quebec, attends a unique and special school: Karihwanoron. It is a Mohawk immersion...

    Karihwanoron: Precious Things
  • 2022
    Still We Rise

    Still We Rise

    Still We Rise

    02022HD

    50 years on, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is the oldest continuing protest occupation site in the world. Taking a fresh lens this is a bold dive into a...

    Still We Rise
  • 2007
    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited

    72007HD

    This short documentary presents the empowering story of Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette's struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community as a two-spir...

    First Stories: Two Spirited
  • 2018
    She Who Must Be Loved

    She Who Must Be Loved

    She Who Must Be Loved

    52018HD

    A documentary that tells the epic life story of Alfreda Glynn, 78-year-old Aboriginal woman, stills photographer, co-founder of the Central Australian...

    She Who Must Be Loved
  • 2022
    Crimson Plains

    Crimson Plains

    Crimson Plains

    02022HD

    Two Aboriginal brothers are put in a hard situation by a miner who kills a man for gold. Based on real events.

    Crimson Plains
  • 2016
    Four Faces of the Moon

    Four Faces of the Moon

    Four Faces of the Moon

    02016HD

    Follow the animated journey of an Indigenous photographer as she travels through time. The oral and written history of her family reveals the story —...

    Four Faces of the Moon
  • 2021
    When Shadows Dance at Night

    When Shadows Dance at Night

    When Shadows Dance at Night

    02021HD

    Following her brother's death, Georgia, a young college student, returns home to her reservation only to find she's become the prey of a shapeshifting...

    When Shadows Dance at Night
  • 2013
    A Common Experience

    A Common Experience

    A Common Experience

    02013HD

    A poetic exploration of the multi-generational affects of Canada's Indian Residential School system, based on the personal trials of Aboriginal playwr...

    A Common Experience
  • 1917
    La Agonía de Arauco

    La Agonía de Arauco

    La Agonía de Arauco

    01917HD

    A sentimental adventure about the Mapuche people, also called "Araucanians" by the Spanish colonizers, as they inhabited the historic region called "A...

    La Agonía de Arauco
  • 2015
    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    02015HD

    Of Ravens and Children
  • 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 agains...

    Sacha Runa Yachay
  • 2016
    Tshiuetin

    Tshiuetin

    Tshiuetin

    02016HD

    Take a breathtaking train a ride through Nothern Quebec and Labrador on Canada’s first First Nations-owned railway. Come for the celebration of the po...

    Tshiuetin
  • 2016
    Xapiri

    Xapiri

    Xapiri

    02016HD

    Xapiri is a Yanomami term that characterizes the shamans, male spirits (xapiri thëpë) and also auxiliary spirits (xapiri pë). Xapiri is an experimenta...

    Xapiri
  • 2018
    Thalu: Dreamtime is Now

    Thalu: Dreamtime is Now

    Thalu: Dreamtime is Now

    02018HD

    An indigenous mine site worker is transported to the spirit world, where he meets the spirits and custodians of the land and learns about how they are...

    Thalu: Dreamtime is Now
  • 2008
    Outback Art: The Gold Rush

    Outback Art: The Gold Rush

    Outback Art: The Gold Rush

    02008HD

    A look at the recent trend for collecting aboriginal art and the issues surrounding it.

    Outback Art: The Gold Rush
  • 2017
    Bakala

    Bakala

    Bakala

    02017HD

    Anindilyakwa man, Steve 'Bakala' Wurramara is afflicted with a profound hereditary neurodegenerative disorder. While modern medicine looks for answers...

    Bakala