Indigenous Rights Movies

  • 2026
    Let Our Mountains Live

    Let Our Mountains Live

    Let Our Mountains Live

    82026HD

    Sami reindeer herders win a Supreme Court victory against Europe’s largest wind farm - but when the state refuses to act, their fight reveals a...

    Let Our Mountains Live
  • 1984
    Where the Green Ants Dream

    Where the Green Ants Dream

    Where the Green Ants Dream

    6.91984HD

    The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are...

    Where the Green Ants Dream
  • 1950
    Devil's Doorway

    Devil's Doorway

    Devil's Doorway

    6.9271950HD

    A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.

    Devil's Doorway
  • 1970
    First Warrior

    First Warrior

    First Warrior

    01970HD

    Australia was colonized in the late 1700s. Pemulwuy, a man of the Bidjigal tribes — from the region that is today modern-day Sydney — led...

    First Warrior
  • 1970
    The Fire in Our Hearts

    The Fire in Our Hearts

    The Fire in Our Hearts

    01970HD

    On British Columbia’s remote Southside, wildfire is not an abstract threat—it is a lived reality. As flames close in on a frontier...

    The Fire in Our Hearts
  • 1975
    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

    01975HD

    Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the...

    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance
  • 1993
    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

    7.51993HD

    In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a...

    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
  • 2020
    The Last Ice

    The Last Ice

    The Last Ice

    7.92020HD

    For centuries, Inuit in the Arctic have lived on and around the frozen ocean. Now, as climate change is rapidly melting the sea ice between Canada...

    The Last Ice
  • 2025
    The Good Canadian

    The Good Canadian

    The Good Canadian

    5.52025HD

    The world knows the image of the good Canadian. But what if there was a dark secret behind a national identity? THE GOOD CANADIAN exposes the truth...

    The Good Canadian
  • 2022
    People Unite!

    People Unite!

    People Unite!

    02022HD

    In the face of AAPI violence, an intergenerational coalition of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, People of Color organizers come together to...

    People Unite!
  • 2014
    The Burden of Being

    The Burden of Being

    The Burden of Being

    02014HD

    In the year 2061, where only one utilitarian race -- known as 'The Nation' -- is recognized, a Native American man is imprisoned for speaking his...

    The Burden of Being
  • 1987
    The River That Harms

    The River That Harms

    The River That Harms

    01987HD

    This illuminating film documents the largest radioactive waste spill in U.S. history - a national tragedy that received little attention. With the...

    The River That Harms
  • 1995
    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    91995HD

    In 1953 the Canadian government relocated Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic, promising an abundance of game and fish and...

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation
  • 2019
    Trouble in the Garden

    Trouble in the Garden

    Trouble in the Garden

    82019HD

    A jailed activist is bailed out by her brother, who happens to be involved with the very land development she was protesting.

    Trouble in the Garden
  • 1967
    Powwow at Duck Lake

    Powwow at Duck Lake

    Powwow at Duck Lake

    101967HD

    This powerful short documentary showing Indigenous youth resistance and emerging voices that will continue to define the landscape of Indigenous...

    Powwow at Duck Lake
  • 2020
    Border Nation

    Border Nation

    Border Nation

    02020HD

    Ofelia Rivas (Tohono O’odham) was born and raised just north of the US-Mexico border, the traditional territory of the Tohono O’odham....

    Border Nation
  • 2017
    Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film

    Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film

    Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film

    02017HD

    The film follows Postcommodity, an interdisciplinary arts collective comprised of Raven Chacon, Cristóbal Martinez and Kade L. Twist, who put...

    Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film
  • 2026
    Encontro com Darcy (VR)

    Encontro com Darcy (VR)

    Encontro com Darcy (VR)

    02026HD

    Encontro com Darcy (VR)
  • 1970
    The Outsider

    The Outsider

    The Outsider

    01970HD

    Described as an intimate biopic of photographer and Indigenous rights activist Claudia Andujar. Plot TBA.

    The Outsider
  • 1971
    As Long as the Rivers Run

    As Long as the Rivers Run

    As Long as the Rivers Run

    01971HD

    Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washington, with particular reference to the Nisqually...

    As Long as the Rivers Run