Indigenous Rights Movies

  • 1996
    No Turning Back

    No Turning Back

    No Turning Back

    01996HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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!
  • 1992
    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

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    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
  • 2016
    Promised Land

    Promised Land

    Promised Land

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    Promised Land is a social justice documentary that follows two tribes in the Pacific Northwest: the Duwamish and the Chinook, as they fight for the...

    Promised Land
  • 2015
    Taking Alcatraz

    Taking Alcatraz

    Taking Alcatraz

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    A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as...

    Taking Alcatraz
  • 2014
    The Burden of Being

    The Burden of Being

    The Burden of Being

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    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
  • 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
  • 2017
    Idle no More

    Idle no More

    Idle no More

    02017HD

    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
    BETWEEN

    BETWEEN

    BETWEEN

    01970HD

    Initially embarking on an unplanned personal filmmaking project, Ilias Boukhemoucha finds himself drawn to the overlooked corners and marginalized...

    BETWEEN
  • 1970
    The Bears on Pine Ridge

    The Bears on Pine Ridge

    The Bears on Pine Ridge

    01970HD

    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