Aboriginal Movies

  • 2022
    Ablaze

    Ablaze

    Ablaze

    102022HD

    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...

    Ablaze
  • 1917
    La Agonía de Arauco

    La Agonía de Arauco

    La Agonía de Arauco

    01917HD

    A sentimental adventure about the Mapuche people, also called "Araucanians" by the Spanish colonizers, as they inhabited the historic region called...

    La Agonía de Arauco
  • 2021
    When Shadows Dance at Night

    When Shadows Dance at Night

    When Shadows Dance at Night

    02021HD

    Following her brother's death, Georgia, a young college student, returns home to her reservation only to find she's become the prey of a...

    When Shadows Dance at Night
  • 1996
    The Coolbaroo Club

    The Coolbaroo Club

    The Coolbaroo Club

    01996HD

    Documentary about "The Coolbaroo Club",  which was the only Aboriginal-run dance club in a city which practiced unofficial apartheid. During its...

    The Coolbaroo Club
  • 2003
    Our Nationhood

    Our Nationhood

    Our Nationhood

    72003HD

    In this feature-length documentary, Indigenous filmmaker and artist Alanis Obomsawin chronicles the determination and tenacity of the Listuguj...

    Our Nationhood
  • 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
  • 1987
    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    31987HD

    Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child. An important figure...

    Foster Child
  • 1970
    The Dreamtime

    The Dreamtime

    The Dreamtime

    101970HD

    The Europeans want to be forgiven for the tragic colonial period. The aborigines try to preserve their ancient roots from the present and the future....

    The Dreamtime
  • 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...

    The Last of the Nomads
  • 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...

    Karihwanoron: Precious Things
  • 2008
    Outback Art: The Gold Rush

    Outback Art: The Gold Rush

    Outback Art: The Gold Rush

    02008HD

    A look at the recent trend for collecting aboriginal art and the issues surrounding it.

    Outback Art: The Gold Rush
  • 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...

    Thalu: Dreamtime is Now
  • 2015
    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    02015HD

    Of Ravens and Children
  • 1970
    Takayna

    Takayna

    Takayna

    101970HD

    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
  • 2016
    Tshiuetin

    Tshiuetin

    Tshiuetin

    02016HD

    Take a breathtaking train a ride through Nothern Quebec and Labrador on Canada’s first First Nations-owned railway. Come for the celebration of...

    Tshiuetin
  • 1998
    My Colour, Your Kind

    My Colour, Your Kind

    My Colour, Your Kind

    01998HD

    A portrait of an albino Aboriginal teenager, her feelings of alienation while at a convent boarding school, and her dreams of escape.

    My Colour, Your Kind
  • 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...

    The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland
  • 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...

    First Stories: Two Spirited
  • 2016
    Xapiri

    Xapiri

    Xapiri

    02016HD

    Xapiri is a Yanomami term that characterizes the shamans, male spirits (xapiri thëpë) and also auxiliary spirits (xapiri pë). Xapiri...

    Xapiri
  • 2017
    Bakala

    Bakala

    Bakala

    02017HD

    Anindilyakwa man, Steve 'Bakala' Wurramara is afflicted with a profound hereditary neurodegenerative disorder. While modern medicine looks for...

    Bakala