Aboriginal Movies

  • 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...

    First Stories: Two Spirited
  • 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...

    Foster Child
  • 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...

    She Who Must Be Loved
  • 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...

    When Shadows Dance at Night
  • 2023
    Double M Country

    Double M Country

    Double M Country

    02023HD

    Carrie Davis was part of the child removal system near the end of the Sixties Scoop. With guidance from her uncle Emmett Sack and the community,...

    Double M Country
  • 1996
    The Coolbaroo Club

    The Coolbaroo Club

    The Coolbaroo Club

    01996HD

    Documentary about "The Coolbaroo Club",  which was the only Aboriginal-run dance club in a city which practiced unofficial apartheid. During its...

    The Coolbaroo Club
  • 2025
    Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe

    Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe

    Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe

    02025HD

    A story of resistance across generations, the power of family and the unrelenting struggle for justice in a country that remains in denial.

    Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe
  • 1999
    Deep Inside Clint Star

    Deep Inside Clint Star

    Deep Inside Clint Star

    4.51999HD

    Director Clint Alberta takes us on a hilarious and bittersweet journey into the hearts and minds of some very ordinary, extraordinary young...

    Deep Inside Clint Star
  • 1970
    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    01970HD

    Healing the Nation follows community members of the Toronto-based Aboriginal Healing Program as they rediscover their culture to heal from unresolved...

    Healing the nation
  • 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...

    The Last of the Nomads
  • 2003
    Our Nationhood

    Our Nationhood

    Our Nationhood

    72003HD

    In this feature-length documentary, Indigenous filmmaker and artist Alanis Obomsawin chronicles the determination and tenacity of the Listuguj...

    Our Nationhood
  • 1970
    The Dreamtime

    The Dreamtime

    The Dreamtime

    101970HD

    The Europeans want to be forgiven for the tragic colonial period. The aborigines try to preserve their ancient roots from the present and the future....

    The Dreamtime
  • 2016
    this river

    this river

    this river

    02016HD

    Join a grassroots collective of volunteers as they search Winnipeg’s Red River and its banks for clues to find out what happened to their...

    this river
  • 1970
    Takayna

    Takayna

    Takayna

    101970HD

    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
  • 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...

    Bastardy
  • 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
  • 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...

    Thalu: Dreamtime is Now
  • 2010
    Buffy

    Buffy

    Buffy

    72010HD

    Folk music icon Buffy Sainte-Marie became internationally renowned with her protest song "Universal Soldier." In this short documentary, she candidly...

    Buffy
  • 2009
    Shi-Shi-Etko

    Shi-Shi-Etko

    Shi-Shi-Etko

    02009HD

    Young native Indian Shi-Shi-Etko will soon be taken away from her home to begin her formal western education at a residential school, which were...

    Shi-Shi-Etko
  • 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...

    Karihwanoron: Precious Things