Native American Movies

  • 1970
    The Primal Mind

    The Primal Mind

    The Primal Mind

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    Written and hosted by Jack Marks, an American Jewish author who misrepresented himself as Native American; this PBS documentary examines the...

    The Primal Mind
  • 2020
    Somebody's Daughter

    Somebody's Daughter

    Somebody's Daughter

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    Somebody’s Daughter focuses on higher-profile MMIW cases, some of which were raised during the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in December...

    Somebody's Daughter
  • 2016
    The Water Gap: Return to the Homeland

    The Water Gap: Return to the Homeland

    The Water Gap: Return to the Homeland

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    Three Lenape tribes send their youth to the Delaware Water Gap region to reconnect with their ancestral homelands.

    The Water Gap: Return to the Homeland
  • 2007
    The Creek Runs Red

    The Creek Runs Red

    The Creek Runs Red

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    The town of Picher, Oklahoma, was once home to the world's richest lead and zinc mining field. After decades of mining, towering piles of mine waste...

    The Creek Runs Red
  • 2017
    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

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    A look into the 19th century American-Indian Wars, Manifest Destiny, and the conflicts between Apache tribes and the African-American Buffalo soldier...

    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny
  • 2021
    Say Her Name

    Say Her Name

    Say Her Name

    02021HD

    A short film highlighting the epidemic of missing indigenous men and women who have gone missing in Bighorn County, Montana. It features several...

    Say Her Name
  • 2016
    Canyon Song

    Canyon Song

    Canyon Song

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    This short film follows Tonisha, Toneil and their family as they reclaim their Navajo history and reconnect with ancestors within the canyon walls.

    Canyon Song
  • 2023
    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM

    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM

    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM

    02023HD

    The documentary adresses the meaning of music and the musical diversity present in Umbanda (a Brazilian religion with afroindigenous roots). With...

    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM
  • 2019
    Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within

    Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within

    Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within

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    For four years, the Jicarilla Apache Nation's Johnson O'Malley program, led by Lynn Roanhorse, and Holt Hamilton Films have joined forces to...

    Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within
  • 1962
    An Indian Story

    An Indian Story

    An Indian Story

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    Still photographs and narration give an overview of the history of the American Indian.

    An Indian Story
  • 2017
    Essence of Healing: The Journey of American Indian Nurses

    Essence of Healing: The Journey of American Indian Nurses

    Essence of Healing: The Journey of American Indian Nurses

    02017HD

    Essence of Healing is a documentary exploring the life journeys of 14 American Indian nurses - their experiences growing up, their experiences in...

    Essence of Healing: The Journey of American Indian Nurses
  • 2017
    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

    72017HD

    The title of this video, taken from the texts of the architect Kengo Kuma, suggests a way of looking at everything as “interconnected and...

    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary
  • 2017
    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    5.22017HD

    First hand interviews and on the ground footage give a stirring account of The Standing Rock Sioux Nation's and water protectors' opposition to the...

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water
  • 2011
    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache

    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache

    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache

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    In the Sacramento Mountains of Southern New Mexico In the shadow of Sierra Blanca Peak Live the proud people of the Mescalero Apache With a history...

    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache
  • 1988
    Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

    Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

    Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

    01988HD

    Legendary Apache warrior Geronimo was loved by his people for his fierce courage while pioneers feared him as a cold-blooded murderer. This program...

    Geronimo and the Apache Resistance
  • 2015
    Clouds of Autumn

    Clouds of Autumn

    Clouds of Autumn

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    The carefree childhood existence of an Indigenous brother and sister is torn apart when the sister is forced to attend a Residential School far from...

    Clouds of Autumn
  • 2007
    Standing Silent Nation

    Standing Silent Nation

    Standing Silent Nation

    02007HD

    When the Oglala Sioux Tribe passed an ordinance separating industrial hemp from its illegal cousin, marijuana, Alex White Plume and his family...

    Standing Silent Nation
  • 1992
    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    01992HD

    This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

    Surviving Columbus
  • 1910
    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc

    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc

    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc

    01910HD

    Lost short film about the death of the last Aztec Emperor.

    The Torture of Cuauhtémoc
  • 1953
    Villages in the Sky

    Villages in the Sky

    Villages in the Sky

    01953HD

    A portrait of the Hopi tribe who live in northeastern Arizona.

    Villages in the Sky