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    Resident Orca 2024 POSTER

    Resident Orca

    2024

    English

    1

    Documentary

    indigenous peoples

    killer whale

    orca

    Resident Orca tells the unfolding story of a captive whale’s fight for survival and freedom. After decades of failed attempts to bring her home, an unlikely partnership between Indigenous matriarchs, a billionaire philanthropist, killer whale experts, and the aquarium’s new owner take on the impossible task of freeing Lolita, captured 53 years ago as a baby, only to spend the rest of her life performing in the smallest killer whale tank in North America. When Lolita falls ill under troubling circumstances, her advocates are faced with a painful question: is it too late to save her?
    Rhymes for Young Ghouls 2013 POSTER

    Rhymes for Young Ghouls

    2013

    English

    6.5

    21

    88%

    76%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    indigenous peoples

    residential school

    revenge

    shocking

    Jeff Barnaby Jeff Barnaby Director Devery Jacobs Devery Jacobs as Aila Glen Gould Glen Gould as Joseph Arthur Holden Arthur Holden as Priest #1 Cody Bird Cody Bird as Sholo
    In 1976, a Mi'gMaq teenager plots revenge against the sadistic Indian agent who imprisoned her in a residential school where rape and abuse are common.
    Cold Journey 1975 POSTER

    Cold Journey

    1975

    English

    6.6

    6

    Action

    canadian

    Drama

    indigenous

    indigenous peoples

    native american

    residential school

    Martin Defalco Martin Defalco Director Kirk McColl Kirk McColl as In The City Denis Lacroix Denis Lacroix as In The City George Pearson George Pearson as Narration Chief Dan George Chief Dan George as Special Guest
    In this feature drama, a Canadian Indigenous youth attempts to find a place for himself. He faces culture shock as the educational system teaches him to be a white man and tries to find a way of life more meaningful to his Indigenous culture and ancestry.
    Undermined - Tales from the Kimberley 2018 POSTER

    Undermined - Tales from the Kimberley

    2018

    English

    7.2

    1

    Action

    australia

    Documentary

    indigenous peoples

    land owner

    Nicholas D. Wrathall Nicholas D. Wrathall Director Albert Wiggan Albert Wiggan as Self Kevin Oscar Kevin Oscar as Self June Davis June Davis as Self Anne Poelina Anne Poelina as Self
    Kimberley Traditional Owners question what meaningful negotiation looks like and offer humanising portraits of those at the centre of this battle in Australia’s spectacular north-west corner, which governments aspire to make "the future economic powerhouse of Australia". With the highest percentage of Aboriginal people living on Country in Australia, what will this mean for the Kimberley’s custodians, lands and cultures, and will they survive these pressures?
    I Dream in Another Language 2017 POSTER

    I Dream in Another Language

    2017

    Spanish

    7.4

    28

    80%

    90%

    Action

    Drama

    dream

    dreams

    Fantasy

    gay

    indigenous peoples

    lgbt

    linguist

    Romance

    Ernesto Contreras Ernesto Contreras Director Eligio Meléndez Eligio Meléndez as Evaristo Fátima Molina Fátima Molina as Lluvia Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio as María Héctor Jiménez Héctor Jiménez as Santiago
    An indigenous language is in peril, as its last two speakers had a quarrel in the past and haven't spoken to each other in over 50 years. Martín, a young linguist, will undertake the challenge of bringing the old friends back together and convincing them to speak once again so he can obtain a recorded registration of the language and study it.
    Secret of the Incas 1954 POSTER

    Secret of the Incas

    1954

    English

    6.0

    10

    51%

    51%

    Action

    Adventure

    archeology

    indigenous peoples

    peru

    treasure

    treasure hunter

    Jerry Hopper Jerry Hopper Director Leon Askin Leon Askin as Anton Marcu Thomas Mitchell Thomas Mitchell as Ed Morgan Michael Pate Michael Pate as Pachacutec Martin Garralaga Martin Garralaga as (uncredited)
    Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.
    Powwow Highway 1989 POSTER

    Powwow Highway

    1989

    English

    7.2

    8

    100%

    85%

    Adventure

    Drama

    indigenous peoples

    native american

    Jonathan Wacks Jonathan Wacks Director Rodney A. Grant Rodney A. Grant as Brave on Horse Sam Vlahos Sam Vlahos as Chief Joseph Gary Farmer Gary Farmer as Philbert Bono Amanda Wyss Amanda Wyss as Rabbit Layton
    Two Northern Cheyenne men take a road trip from Montana to New Mexico to bail out the sister of one of them who has been framed and arrested in Santa Fe. On the way, they begin to reconnect to their spiritual heritage.
    Let the River Flow 2023 POSTER

    Let the River Flow

    2023

    Northern sami

    7.2

    8

    Drama

    History

    hydroelectric dam

    indigenous peoples

    protestors

    sami people

    Ole Giæver Ole Giæver Director Trond Peter Stamsø Munch Trond Peter Stamsø Munch as Harald Nils Gaup Nils Gaup as Man on boat Kristine Hartgen Kristine Hartgen as Norwegian colleague Andreas Kvebæk Dahl Andreas Kvebæk Dahl as Secretary of State
    During summer 1979, Ester moves to Alta in Northern Norway to begin teaching at an elementary school. Like many Sámi at the time, she is ashamed of her heritage and conceals her ethnicity. Ester goes to great lengths to fit in, even joining in with the derogatory jokes. When her cousin Mikkhal takes her to a camp by the Alta River, where people are demonstrating against the building of a dam, Ester learns how the fight for the river is also a revolt against the years of brutal racism and discrimination against her people. After a major confrontation with the police, Mikkhal and some other Sámi decide to go to Oslo to hunger strike in front of the Parliament. Knowing what is at stake, Ester realises it is time to make a stand…
    The Lost Children 2024 POSTER

    The Lost Children

    2024

    Spanish

    7.0

    2

    88%

    88%

    amazon rainforest

    Documentary

    indigenous peoples

    plane crash

    Orlando von Einsiedel Orlando von Einsiedel Director Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy as Tien Ranoque Mucutuy Tien Ranoque Mucutuy as Eliécer Muñoz Eliécer Muñoz as Magdalena Mucutuy Magdalena Mucutuy as (archive footage)
    After a plane crash, four indigenous children fight to survive in the Colombian Amazon using ancestral wisdom as an unprecedented rescue mission unfolds.
    Seeds 2024 POSTER

    Seeds

    2024

    English

    5.0

    6

    100%

    Action

    Adventure

    breaking point

    cat and mouse

    Comedy

    Crime

    female revenge

    home invasion

    Horror

    indigenous peoples

    Mystery

    revenge thriller

    Thriller

    Kaniehtiio Horn Kaniehtiio Horn Director Peter Keleghan Peter Keleghan as Patrick Garrow Patrick Garrow as Drake Bondsman Graham Greene Graham Greene as Graham Greene Kaniehtiio Horn Kaniehtiio Horn as Ziggy
    A Mohawk woman is hired as a social media influencer but gets caught in a deadly cat-and-mouse game, as she's forced to go to war to preserve her people's heritage from corporate interests.
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