Indigenous Rights Movies

  • 2024
    Mauri

    Mauri

    Mauri

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    Mauri (life principle, life force, vital essence inherent in all living things) The film is an intimate, visually stunning testament to a land and a...

    Mauri
  • 2012
    A Struggle to Remember

    A Struggle to Remember

    A Struggle to Remember

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    The video documentary "A Struggle to Remember: Fighting for Our Families" puts faces and narratives to the story of the struggle for family leave in...

    A Struggle to Remember
  • 1996
    No Turning Back

    No Turning Back

    No Turning Back

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    This film follows the aftermath of the Oka crisis, which brought Indigenous rights into sharp focus. After the barricades came down, the Royal...

    No Turning Back
  • 1974
    Our Land Is Our Life

    Our Land Is Our Life

    Our Land Is Our Life

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    In March, 1974, the Cree of the Mistassini area in northern Québec met to discuss their long-term future. After three hundred years of minimal...

    Our Land Is Our Life
  • 2009
    The Experimental Eskimos

    The Experimental Eskimos

    The Experimental Eskimos

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    In the early 1960s the Canadian government conducted an experiment in social engineering. Three young Inuit boys were separated from their families...

    The Experimental Eskimos
  • 2023
    Here Where It All Ends

    Here Where It All Ends

    Here Where It All Ends

    02023HD

    "Here Where It All Ends" is an experimental, poetic short film that moves between documentary and fiction to address an endangered culture, that of...

    Here Where It All Ends
  • 2017
    Idle no More

    Idle no More

    Idle no More

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    Ginger Côté uses the words of Heather Archibald, an activist who grew up in foster care and who died, to honor the memory of the young...

    Idle no More
  • 1970
    The Bears on Pine Ridge

    The Bears on Pine Ridge

    The Bears on Pine Ridge

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    The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has declared a “State of Emergency”, after an outbreak of youth suicides has devastated the community....

    The Bears on Pine Ridge
  • 1967
    Powwow at Duck Lake

    Powwow at Duck Lake

    Powwow at Duck Lake

    01967HD

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

    Powwow at Duck Lake