Indigenous Community Movies

  • 2016
    Train leaves two towns

    Train leaves two towns

    Train leaves two towns

    52016HD

    In Ecuador, in a single day, the train passes from the mountainous Andes to the tropical coast. The roads were built between 1861 and 1908 to connect...

    Train leaves two towns
  • 1986
    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    01986HD

    An indigenous tradition in the highlands of Peru where three key players take part: a wild condor, a raging bull and brave young men.

    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre
  • 2020
    The Rebellion of Memory

    The Rebellion of Memory

    The Rebellion of Memory

    02020HD

    It became world news in October 2019 when economic reforms in Ecuador led to gas prices suddenly shooting up by 123 percent. People from urban and ind...

    The Rebellion of Memory
  • 2022
    Invisible Stories

    Invisible Stories

    Invisible Stories

    02022HD

    This documentary rescues the valuable work of Martha Colmenares, an indigenous woman from the Zapotec highlands, who in the 1980s filmed the life and...

    Invisible Stories
  • 2023
    Castanho

    Castanho

    Castanho

    02023HD

    Living in the countryside of the Amazon in Brazil, Argentinian María divides herself between two lives: in the community, where she lives with Dona Be...

    Castanho
  • 2023
    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    Giiwe: Returning Home

    02023HD

    Following filmmaker Taye Alvis as he looks to reconnect to his community of Walpole Island First Nation. Taye will explore his relationship to Walpole...

    Giiwe: Returning Home
  • 2022
    Forests

    Forests

    Forests

    92022HD

    In a dark, ambiguous environment, minuscule particles drift slowly before the lens. The image focuses to reveal spruce trees and tall pines, while Inn...

    Forests
  • 2012
    No Other Choice

    No Other Choice

    No Other Choice

    02012HD

    An undercover documentary film produced and directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, about the struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of Wester...

    No Other Choice
  • 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 women...

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance
  • 2022
    Nunkui

    Nunkui

    Nunkui

    22022HD

    Nunkui is 13 years old and lives in an Amazonian Shuar community with her grandparents, uncles and cousins. She frequently dreams of the feminine spir...

    Nunkui
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

    02013HD

    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
  • 1971
    The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

    01971HD

    Mr. Greene recollects Navajo history through interviews with ancient tribesmen and reports on contemporary conditions, with emphasis on the progress b...

    The Long Walk
  • 2020
    Sonho de Fogo

    Sonho de Fogo

    Sonho de Fogo

    02020HD

    Sonho de Fogo
  • 2012
    Timuti

    Timuti

    Timuti

    02012HD

    In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across generati...

    Timuti
  • 1994
    Innu

    Innu

    Innu

    01994HD

    Innu
  • 1988
    Tiag

    Tiag

    Tiag

    01988HD

    Based on the work of Monsignor Leónidas Proaño, Bishop of Riobamba, the daily life of an indigenous community is presented. His family intimacy and hi...

    Tiag
  • 2025
    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde

    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde

    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde

    02025HD

    Pigmeos: la agonía del dios verde