Aboriginal Movies

  • 1990
    Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

    Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

    Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

    51990HD

    A short film about the relationship between an Aboriginal daughter and her white mother. The daughter, now the sole carer of her dying mother, dreams...

    Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy
  • 1997
    Eye of the Storm

    Eye of the Storm

    Eye of the Storm

    01997HD

    A documentary about Nain, a Labrador Inuit community located near the world's largest nickel and copper deposits. As commercial mining interests prepa...

    Eye of the Storm
  • 1977
    Confirmation

    Confirmation

    Confirmation

    71977HD

    Concerns a young boy's mystical experiences during his Confirmation. As the ceremony unfolds, figures from religion and mythology appear and impress o...

    Confirmation
  • 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
  • 1917
    La Agonía de Arauco

    La Agonía de Arauco

    La Agonía de Arauco

    91917HD

    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
  • 2026
    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    Healing the nation

    02026HD

    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
  • 2022
    Ablaze

    Ablaze

    Ablaze

    7.52022HD

    A feature documentary about opera singer Tiriki Onus who finds a 70-year-old silent film believed to be made by his grandfather, Aboriginal leader and...

    Ablaze
  • 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
  • 2017
    Namatjira Project

    Namatjira Project

    Namatjira Project

    02017HD

    From the remote Australian desert to the opulence of Buckingham Palace - Namatjira Project is the iconic story of the Namatjira family, tracing their...

    Namatjira Project
  • 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
  • 2026
    Takayna

    Takayna

    Takayna

    102026HD

    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
  • 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 missing fami...

    this river
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2015
    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    02015HD

    Of Ravens and Children
  • 2026
    Dunganda Street Sounds

    Dunganda Street Sounds

    Dunganda Street Sounds

    02026HD

    An energised showcase of Yolngu culture, language + community, Dunganda Street Sounds brought together musicians living on + around Dunganda Crescent...

    Dunganda Street Sounds
  • 1987
    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    51987HD

    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
  • 2019
    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

    02019HD

    At the end of the world, only Indigenous people can survive the toxic landscape so the white fellas steal ‘mud children’ to experiment on in the hopes...

    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland
  • 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 desig...

    Shi-Shi-Etko