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ZOTHEOS Theater · Indigenous Voices First

Stories That Stay With You.

Indigenous histories and living communities, across Nations and borders. Stories of truth, dignity and renewal.

228 Sourced Stories · Growing Worldwide

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Yanuni

Full Film113m 42s · YouTube Edition

Juma Xipaia defends her people's Amazonian land while navigating leadership and motherhood. Family resilience meets threats from illegal mining and the struggle for Indigenous sovereignty.

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Full film on producer Leonardo DiCaprio's official YouTube channel. Location, account or provider restrictions may apply.

Before Watching

Discusses threats against Indigenous defenders, illegal mining and dangerous environmental enforcement operations.

Directed by Richard Ladkani; producers Juma Xipaia, Leonardo DiCaprio, Anita Ladkani, Richard Ladkani, Jennifer Davisson and Phillip Watson.

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Yanuni

Full Film · 113m 42s · YouTube Edition · 2025

Details And Official Source

Juma Xipaia defends her people's Amazonian land while navigating leadership and motherhood. Family resilience meets threats from illegal mining and the struggle for Indigenous sovereignty.

Directed by Richard Ladkani; producers Juma Xipaia, Leonardo DiCaprio, Anita Ladkani, Richard Ladkani, Jennifer Davisson and Phillip Watson.

Full film on producer Leonardo DiCaprio's official YouTube channel. Location, account or provider restrictions may apply.

Before Watching: Discusses threats against Indigenous defenders, illegal mining and dangerous environmental enforcement operations.

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Preview for Indigenous Kenya: Luhya Knowledge And Biodiversity

Indigenous Kenya: Luhya Knowledge And Biodiversity

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 52m 29s

Western Kenya

Details And Official Source

Dr. Nelly Masayi and Lyla June Johnston discuss Luhya knowledge, biodiversity and the effects of colonization on land, food systems and women’s roles. A recorded podcast conversation.

Conversation with Dr. Nelly Masayi (Luhya), co-hosted by Dr. Lyla June Johnston (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program or conversation on the publisher’s channel; not a live broadcast. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Audio-led discussion of colonization and land ownership. The source identifies the guest as Luhya and Indigenous; no broader recognition category is inferred.

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Preview for A Call For Racial Justice And Indigenous Sovereignty

A Call For Racial Justice And Indigenous Sovereignty

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 6m 26s

Nepal and other Indigenous communities across Asia

Details And Official Source

Newar advocate Prabindra Shakya discusses racial injustice and Indigenous rights in Nepal and across Asia with Dev Kumar Sunuwar. A recorded radio interview.

Interview with Prabindra Shakya (Newar) by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: The speaker’s analysis of injustice remains attributed to the interview.

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Preview for Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson: Pacific Islanders And Climate

Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson: Pacific Islanders And Climate

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 6m 57s

Pacific Islands; interview recorded at the 2026 Indigenous Media Conference in Portland, Oregon

Details And Official Source

Samoan journalist Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson discusses Pacific communities, climate pressures and whose knowledge reaches international negotiations. A recorded conference interview.

Interview with Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program or conversation on the publisher’s channel; not a live broadcast. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Audio-led discussion of climate threats. The interview’s policy analysis and interpretations remain attributed to its speaker.

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Preview for Huellas De Sal: Habitar El Territorio

Huellas De Sal: Habitar El Territorio

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 31m 43s

Salinas Grandes and Cauchari-Olaroz, northwestern Argentina

Details And Official Source

A Spanish-language radio report visits northwestern Argentina to hear Colla and Atacama community perspectives on lithium extraction, territorial defense and living with continuing pressure.

Produced, written, edited and narrated by Guadalupe Pastrana (Nahua); field reporting by Edison Andrango (Kichwa Otavalo) and Guadalupe Pastrana. Cultural Survival / Indigenous Rights Radio.

Official recorded program or conversation on the publisher’s channel; not a live broadcast. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Audio-led report in Spanish. Community accounts and allegations about mining remain attributed to the report and its speakers.

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Preview for Angry Inuk

Angry Inuk

Official Trailer · Documentary · 2016

Inuit communities

Details And Official Source

Inuit organizers use humour, filmmaking and social media to challenge anti-sealing campaigns and defend the place of seal hunting in their livelihoods.

Film directed by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril.

Official NFB trailer, not the full film. The full-film player was restricted in our 2026-10-16 check. Preview playback itself was not tested; provider and regional limits can change.

Before Watching: Discusses seal hunting, animal use and economic pressures.

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Preview for Bill Reid Remembers

Bill Reid Remembers

Short Film · 24 min (NFB) · 2021

Haida Gwaii

Details And Official Source

Alanis Obomsawin remembers Haida artist Bill Reid through his voice and work, tracing his return to cultural knowledge and his relationship with Haida Gwaii.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

NFB publishes a full-film embed and supplied playback-source metadata on 2026-10-16. Actual playback was not tested for this addition; provider, account and regional terms can change.

Before Watching: A personal account of childhood, artistic practice and cultural reconnection.

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Preview for Conservando Los Valores Indígenas

Conservando Los Valores Indígenas

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 7m 40s

Bribri community perspectives, Costa Rica

Details And Official Source

Bribri broadcaster and educator Emanuel Buitrago discusses radio as a way to carry language, knowledge and values to new generations. A Spanish-language recorded conversation.

Interview by Ambrosio Martínez with Emanuel Buitrago (Bribri), created during Cultural Survival’s radio-production workshop; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program or conversation on the publisher’s channel; not a live broadcast. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Audio-led interview in Spanish.

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Preview for Criminalization Of Indigenous Land Defenders

Criminalization Of Indigenous Land Defenders

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 113m 36s

Canada, Guatemala and Nepal

Details And Official Source

A recorded program hears about experiences of Gitxsan, Wet’suwet’en, Maya Q’eqchi’ and Sunuwar communities defending land in Canada, Guatemala and Nepal.

Recorded program published by Cultural Survival; individual speaker credits are not supplied in the retained upload description.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Violence and criminalization of land defenders. Allegations and legal interpretations remain attributed to the speakers.

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Preview for Daughter of a Lost Bird | Indigenous Adoption

Daughter of a Lost Bird | Indigenous Adoption

Official Excerpt · 3m 41s · 2022

Details And Official Source

An excerpt confronts Native child removal and forced assimilation within a film following Kendra and her mother as they reconnect with each other and Lummi heritage.

Directed by Brooke Pepion Swaney.

Related official WORLD excerpt, 3m 41s. This is a different edit from the 3m 20s PBS excerpt and transcript linked below. The child-removal percentage is historical, not a present-day rate. Provider restrictions can change.

Before Watching: Child separation and historical racist language.

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Preview for Learning, Leading, Thriving: Youth From Uganda

Learning, Leading, Thriving: Youth From Uganda

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 12m 30s

Karamoja, Uganda

Details And Official Source

Mary Goretty Eyoh discusses opportunities and obstacles facing Indigenous youth in Uganda’s Karamoja region, connecting skills, cultural knowledge and community futures. A recorded interview.

Interview with Mary Goretty Eyoh (identified as Karamoja by the publisher), produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program or conversation on the publisher’s channel; not a live broadcast. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Audio-led interview. The publisher’s community naming is retained rather than expanded into an unsupported legal or recognition category.

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Preview for Sunuwar Human Rights Defenders: Episode 2

Sunuwar Human Rights Defenders: Episode 2

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 14m 58s

Nepal

Details And Official Source

Sujan Sunuwar and Uttam Sunuwar discuss challenges faced by Sunuwar human-rights defenders in Nepal. A Radio Kairan program in Sunuwar.

Radio Kairan program with Sujan Sunuwar and Uttam Sunuwar (Sunuwar); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led program in Sunuwar. Claims about human-rights conditions remain attributed to the program.

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Preview for M.I.A: Māori In Australia

M.I.A: Māori In Australia

Official Trailer · 15s

Australia and New Zealand

Details And Official Source

A brief series promo introduces Māori from New Zealand building lives in Australia. Faultline Films’ series considers community, identity and futures across the Tasman.

A series by Faultline Films, supported by NZ On Air; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

Official trailer or series promo only. The complete film or series is not included in this upload. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Source descriptions and public metadata were checked; this is not a complete-program content review.

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Preview for Ecos Del Cerro: Espíritus De Resistencia

Ecos Del Cerro: Espíritus De Resistencia

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 19m 19s

Northwestern Argentina; Radio La Voz del Cerro, San Salvador de Jujuy

Details And Official Source

Radio La Voz del Cerro examines lithium extraction, water and community resistance in northwestern Argentina. A Spanish-language audio program centering local concerns.

Voices, script and editing by Radio La Voz del Cerro, San Salvador de Jujuy; published by Cultural Survival / Indigenous Rights Radio.

Official recorded program or conversation on the publisher’s channel; not a live broadcast. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Audio-led report in Spanish. Environmental concerns and allegations remain attributed to communities and the reporting program.

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Preview for Being Prepared

Being Prepared

Short Film · 9 min (NFB) · 2021

Arctic Archipelago

Details And Official Source

Carol Kunnuk records how pandemic rules enter family life in the Arctic, setting public-health messages beside children's voices and everyday adaptation.

Directed by Carol Kunnuk.

NFB publishes a full-film embed and supplied playback-source metadata on 2026-10-16. Actual playback was not tested for this addition; provider, account and regional terms can change.

Before Watching: Pandemic disruption, public-health messages and family life.

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Preview for Camp Morningstar

Camp Morningstar

Short Film · 16 min (NFB) · 2021

East side of Lake Winnipeg

Details And Official Source

Community members explain why they formed Camp Morningstar against a proposed silica mine, connecting collective resistance with care for their territory.

Directed by Kevin Settee.

NFB publishes a full-film embed and supplied playback-source metadata on 2026-10-16. Actual playback was not tested for this addition; provider, account and regional terms can change.

Before Watching: Discusses a proposed mine, land defence and publicly shared spiritual perspectives.

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Preview for El Que Cuida El Territorio

El Que Cuida El Territorio

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 22m 52s

Guatemala

Details And Official Source

Guatemala’s Centro de Reflexiones Nim Poqom discusses why Indigenous peoples defend territory and resources. An official Indigenous Rights Radio program in Poqomchi’.

Voices and script by Centro de Reflexiones Nim Poqom, Guatemala; published by Cultural Survival / Indigenous Rights Radio.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led program in Poqomchi’. Claims about transnational companies and rights violations remain attributed to the program.

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Preview for On The Front Lines: Indigenous Journalists

On The Front Lines: Indigenous Journalists

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 83m 40s

Asia, Africa and the Americas

Details And Official Source

Cultural Survival’s 2025 Indigenous Journalism Fellows discuss reporting on mining, militarization, land defense and language across Asia, Africa and the Americas. A recorded webinar.

A webinar featuring Cultural Survival’s 2025 Indigenous Journalism Fellows, published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Threats to journalists, militarization and extractive industries. Reports and allegations remain attributed to the fellows.

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Preview for First Light

First Light

Short Film · External Viewing · 13m 02s

Details And Official Source

Wabanaki experiences of child removal meet an effort in Maine to uncover the truth and pursue healing through a truth and reconciliation commission.

Directed by Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip; producer N. Bruce Duthu (Houma).

The filmmaker offers this 13m 02s short for individual viewing, but its player requested email registration in our 2026-10-16 browser check. Continue at the official source; no registration is submitted here. Public and school screenings have separate licensing.

Before Watching: Discusses forced child removal, cultural loss and family separation.

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Preview for Strong Roots, Bright Futures: Indigenous Youth Of Kenya

Strong Roots, Bright Futures: Indigenous Youth Of Kenya

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 5m 29s

Kenya

Details And Official Source

Damaris Lenantare discusses opportunities and challenges facing Indigenous youth in Kenya, including education, leadership and maintaining cultural connections. A recorded interview.

Interview with Damaris Lenantare, produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program or conversation on the publisher’s channel; not a live broadcast. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Audio-led interview.

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Preview for Hydropower And Indigenous Rights In Nepal

Hydropower And Indigenous Rights In Nepal

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 19m 00s

Nepal, including the Likhu River

Details And Official Source

Community radio producers examine Indigenous struggles to maintain ancestral land ownership around river and hydropower development in Nepal. A Nepali-language audio report.

By Inclusive Media Foundation, Newa FM and Likhu FM; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led report in Nepali. Land and development disputes are described through the producers’ account.

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Preview for Kia Eats The World: Hāngī

Kia Eats The World: Hāngī

Official Page · External Viewing · 18m 23s

Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand

Details And Official Source

In Rotorua, Kia gathers horopito with conservationist Tame Malcolm before preparing a hāngī with ingredients from the ngahere. An official food-program episode.

Featuring Kia and conservationist Tame Malcolm; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

Official recorded episode on the publisher’s YouTube page. The provider disables embedding for this upload, so it is an external watch link only. Availability and regional restrictions can change; startup and full-program viewing have not been checked.

Before Watching: Food gathering and cooking in a specific cultural and environmental context; not general permission to forage.

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Preview for Por El Territorio Y La Dignidad

Por El Territorio Y La Dignidad

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 23m 59s

Beni, Bolivia

Details And Official Source

Radio Pedro Ignacio Muiba shares testimonies about Indigenous territorial defense and Bolivia’s 1990 March for Territory and Dignity. A Spanish-language community-radio program.

Voices and script by Radio Pedro Ignacio Muiba, Bolivia; published by Cultural Survival / Indigenous Rights Radio.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led historical testimonies in Spanish. Reported achievements and recollections remain attributed to the community broadcaster.

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Preview for Evan's Drum

Evan's Drum

Official Trailer · 2021

Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador

Details And Official Source

A boy and his mother share Inuit drum dancing in Labrador, showing how family affection and a returning practice carry culture into another generation.

Film directed by Ossie Michelin.

Official NFB trailer, not the full film. The full-film player was restricted in our 2026-10-16 check. Preview playback itself was not tested; provider and regional limits can change.

Before Watching: Family life, Inuit drum dancing and cultural renewal.

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Context

Short Film · 15 min (NFB) · 2019

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation; Winnipeg

Details And Official Source

Shoal Lake 40 members connect water diversion, isolation and residential schooling with the organizing that made Freedom Road possible.

Directed by Angelina McLeod, Paula Kelly.

NFB publishes a full-film embed and supplied playback-source metadata on 2026-10-16. Actual playback was not tested for this addition; provider, account and regional terms can change.

Before Watching: Displacement, residential schooling, unsafe water and restricted access to services.

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Preview for Sociobiodiversity: Living Territories

Sociobiodiversity: Living Territories

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 110m 25s

Participants from different countries; specific locations are not supplied.

Details And Official Source

Indigenous, Quilombola and traditional-community youth discuss ancestral knowledge, community practices and defending biodiversity. A recorded Youth for Climate webinar.

Youth for Climate webinar published by Cultural Survival; individual speaker credits are not supplied in this upload description.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Recorded climate discussion. Indigenous, Quilombola and traditional communities are named separately rather than treated as interchangeable identities.

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Preview for Dawnland

Dawnland

Official Trailer · 2m 45s · 2018 premiere

Details And Official Source

A Maine truth and reconciliation commission investigates the removal of Wabanaki children, opening difficult conversations about responsibility, family and cultural survival.

Directed by Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip; producer N. Bruce Duthu (Houma); senior advisor Chris Newell (Passamaquoddy).

Official 2m 45s trailer, not the full documentary. The producer lists rental or purchase for individual full-film viewing. Access and regional terms can change.

Before Watching: Discusses forced child removal, abuse and intergenerational harm.

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Preview for Radio Weskus: The Language Of Old

Radio Weskus: The Language Of Old

Recorded Program · Other Format · 5m 23s

Vredenburg and the West Coast, South Africa

Details And Official Source

Radio Weskus combines West Coast soundscapes and local voices, with Khoekhoegowab language activist Bradley van Sitters contributing to a reflection on cultural identity and heritage.

Produced by Matt Levai / Radio Weskus; featuring Bradley van Sitters and West Coast residents; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Recorded radio soundscape. Complete-program listening and caption-quality review have not been performed for this listing.

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Preview for Justice For Indigenous Women

Justice For Indigenous Women

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 10m 54s

Nepal

Details And Official Source

Thakali advocate Yasso Kanti Bhattachan discusses forms of violence facing Indigenous women in Nepal with Dev Kumar Sunuwar. A recorded Indigenous Rights Radio conversation.

Interview with Yasso Kanti Bhattachan (Thakali), produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Discussion of physical and sexual violence, discrimination and barriers to justice.

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Preview for Off Country: Aboriginal Identity

Off Country: Aboriginal Identity

Official Excerpt · 1m 26s

Australia

Details And Official Source

An Off Country excerpt challenges stereotypes about Aboriginal identity and centers a speaker’s own relationship to family and community. A short official program clip.

Official upload published by SBS On Demand / SBS. Individual filmmaker credits are not established by this upload description.

Official excerpt only. The complete program is not included in this upload. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Racism and stereotyping. The speaker’s self-description is not a test for determining anyone else’s identity.

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Preview for Ecos Del Cerro: Agua Y Territorios

Ecos Del Cerro: Agua Y Territorios

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 17m 46s

Northwestern Argentina; Radio La Voz del Cerro, San Salvador de Jujuy

Details And Official Source

Radio La Voz del Cerro introduces community concerns about lithium extraction, water and territory in northwestern Argentina. The first Ecos del Cerro audio program, in Spanish.

Voices, script and editing by Radio La Voz del Cerro, San Salvador de Jujuy; published by Cultural Survival / Indigenous Rights Radio.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led report in Spanish. Community allegations and environmental concerns remain attributed to the program.

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Preview for Ever Deadly

Ever Deadly

Official Trailer · 2022

Nunavut

Details And Official Source

Tanya Tagaq's performance meets stories and landscapes filmed in Nunavut, bringing her musical expression into conversation with memory, pain and strength.

Film directed by Chelsea McMullan, Tanya Tagaq.

Official NFB trailer, not the full film. The full-film player was restricted in our 2026-10-16 check. Preview playback itself was not tested; provider and regional limits can change.

Before Watching: The source describes expressions of pain and anger as well as music and resilience.

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Preview for Crazywater

Crazywater

Official Page · External Viewing · Documentary · 56 min (NFB) · 2013

Indigenous communities in Canada

Details And Official Source

Dennis Allen and four other Indigenous participants share experiences of addiction and describe how cultural connection supports their journeys toward sobriety.

Directed by Dennis Allen.

The NFB player did not offer free full-film access in our location on 2026-10-16. Use the official page for current viewing or preview options; no restricted full-film player is substituted.

Before Watching: Substance use, addiction, shame and recovery.

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Preview for Water, Our Source Of Life

Water, Our Source Of Life

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 75m 27s

Participants from different countries; specific locations are not supplied.

Details And Official Source

Indigenous, Quilombola and traditional-community youth discuss water justice, territory and responsibilities to future generations. A recorded Youth for Climate webinar.

Youth for Climate webinar published by Cultural Survival; individual speaker credits are not supplied in this upload description.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Recorded climate discussion. The entry does not treat Indigenous, Quilombola and traditional-community identities as interchangeable.

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Preview for Gather

Gather

Official Trailer · 2m 07s

Details And Official Source

Native food advocates reclaim food systems, knowledge and community relationships, connecting food sovereignty with cultural continuity and care for the land.

Directed by Sanjay Rawal; producers Sterlin Harjo and Tanya Meillier.

Official 2m 7s trailer from First Nations Development Institute, not the full documentary. The film website lists separate full-film viewing providers. Provider and regional terms can change.

Before Watching: Discusses colonization and disruption of Native food systems.

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Preview for Bush Radio: The Sounds Of South Africa

Bush Radio: The Sounds Of South Africa

Recorded Program · Other Format · 5m 02s

Cape Town and surrounding landscapes, South Africa

Details And Official Source

Khusi Veto brings together Cape Town field recordings and voices in Khoekhoegowab, Afrikaans and isiXhosa, connecting sound, place and cultural identity. An official radio soundscape.

Produced by Khusi Veto / Bush Radio; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Recorded radio soundscape. Complete-program listening and caption-quality review have not been performed for this listing.

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Preview for The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir

The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir

Official Excerpt · 1m 04s

Central Australia

Details And Official Source

Melissa Leong and Nazeem Hussain learn about the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir. This Great Australian Road Trips excerpt introduces the choir rather than a full concert.

Featuring Melissa Leong and Nazeem Hussain in Great Australian Road Trips; published by SBS On Demand.

Official excerpt only. The complete program is not included in this upload. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

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Preview for Pataxó Rights, Territory And Environment

Pataxó Rights, Territory And Environment

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 100m 08s

Bahia, northeastern Brazil

Details And Official Source

A recorded webinar presents Pataxó struggles over ancestral land in Bahia and speakers’ concerns about violence and environmental threats. The accounts are presented in their original advocacy context.

A webinar published by Cultural Survival; individual speaker credits are not supplied in the retained upload description.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Armed violence and land dispossession. Allegations about criminal groups and state responsibility remain attributed to the webinar, not independently adjudicated here.

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Preview for Hebron Relocation

Hebron Relocation

Official Excerpt · 2022

Northern Labrador; Hebron

Details And Official Source

Holly Andersen explores belonging through her community's ties to Labrador Inuit families displaced from Hebron, asking how home survives relocation.

Film directed by Holly Andersen.

Official NFB promotional excerpt, not the full film. The full-film player was restricted in our 2026-10-16 check. Preview playback itself was not tested; provider and regional limits can change.

Before Watching: Displacement, relocation and their continuing effects on home and belonging.

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Preview for Elders / Gitchi-aya'aag

Elders / Gitchi-aya'aag

Short Film · 12 min (NFB) · 2019

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

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Preparing a community feast, Shoal Lake 40 Elders share memories of forced schooling and dangerous crossings alongside their care for younger generations.

Directed by Angelina McLeod.

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Before Watching: Residential schooling, childhood trauma and deaths during hazardous lake crossings.

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Preview for Bring Them Home

Bring Them Home

Official Page · External Viewing · 78m 53s · ASL Edition

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Blackfoot community members work to return buffalo to tribal lands, linking ecological restoration with cultural renewal and the future of their communities.

Narrated and executive produced by Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet/Nez Perce), as credited by PBS.

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Before Watching: Discusses buffalo loss, colonial oppression and community healing.

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Preview for Remembering The Slave Trade: Early Colonial South Africa

Remembering The Slave Trade: Early Colonial South Africa

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 7m 46s

Cape Town and early colonial South Africa

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Historian Nigel Penn discusses slavery and resistance in early colonial South Africa, including Indigenous people’s often overlooked roles. A recorded historical interview.

Interview with Professor Nigel Penn, produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San); published by Cultural Survival.

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Before Watching: Slavery, colonial violence and coercion.

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Preview for Inside St Vincent’s Aboriginal Health Unit

Inside St Vincent’s Aboriginal Health Unit

Official Excerpt · 2m 20s

Australia

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Paulina discusses supporting patients in an Aboriginal Health Unit emergency department. A short excerpt from The Hospital: In the Deep End highlights access to care and patient support.

Featuring Paulina in The Hospital: In the Deep End; published by SBS On Demand.

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Before Watching: Hospital and emergency-care setting; no medical guidance is offered.

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Preview for Nasa Stereo: Caring For Life And Territory

Nasa Stereo: Caring For Life And Territory

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 36m 18s

Toribío, Colombia

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Nasa Stereo invites authorities to discuss territorial responsibility, conflict and Nasa identity in Toribío, Colombia. A Spanish-language community-radio conversation.

Voices and script by Radio Nasa Stereo, Colombia; published by Cultural Survival / Indigenous Rights Radio.

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Before Watching: Audio-led discussion in Spanish about conflict and territorial control; accounts remain attributed to the originating broadcaster.

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Preview for Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

Official Excerpt · 2023

Rigolet, Labrador

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Oral history and visual poetry honour Evelyn Campbell's work toward Inuit-led education in Rigolet, Labrador.

Film directed by Heather Campbell.

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Before Watching: An account of Inuit-led education and cultural memory.

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Preview for Etlinisigu'niet (Bleed Down)

Etlinisigu'niet (Bleed Down)

Short Film · 5 min (NFB) · 2015

Canada

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Jeff Barnaby reworks archival images to confront residential schools, medical control and environmental harm, insisting on Indigenous presence and survival.

Directed by Jeff Barnaby.

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Before Watching: Colonial violence, residential schooling, medical examinations and environmental contamination.

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Preview for Inhabitants

Inhabitants

Official Trailer · 2m 44s

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Five Native communities share approaches to land stewardship, from dryland farming and forest care to buffalo restoration and food systems in Hawaiʻi.

Co-directed by Costa Boutsikaris and Anna Palmer; producer/advisor Ben-Alex Dupris; Native impact producer Colleen Cooley.

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Before Watching: Discusses colonization, land disruption and climate impacts.

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Preview for Khoisan Fish Traps In South Africa

Khoisan Fish Traps In South Africa

Official Excerpt · Other Format · 1m 31s

South Africa

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A short official clip introduces Khoisan fish traps and Indigenous relationships with rivers and coasts in South Africa. The upload points to a longer Indigenous Rights Radio playlist.

Published by Cultural Survival / Indigenous Rights Radio.

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Before Watching: Official short clip introducing a longer playlist. This is not a complete-program content review.

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Preview for The Point: An Indigenous Youth Case Worker

The Point: An Indigenous Youth Case Worker

Official Excerpt · News And Reporting · 44s

Australia

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A short The Point clip introduces an Indigenous case worker’s account of challenges in a youth rehabilitation center. It centers a participant’s experience rather than a complete policy assessment.

An excerpt from NITV’s The Point, published by SBS On Demand.

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Before Watching: Youth rehabilitation and barriers to care. This dated excerpt is not a current service directory.

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Preview for Ecos Del Cerro: Mujeres Y Comunidad

Ecos Del Cerro: Mujeres Y Comunidad

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 16m 11s

Northwestern Argentina; Radio La Voz del Cerro, San Salvador de Jujuy

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Radio La Voz del Cerro’s second Ecos del Cerro program focuses on women and community within a series about lithium extraction, water and territory in northwestern Argentina. An audio program in Spanish.

Voices, script and editing by Radio La Voz del Cerro, San Salvador de Jujuy; published by Cultural Survival / Indigenous Rights Radio.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. Full-program completeness and regional access are not independently certified; provider availability may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led program in Spanish. The title establishes this episode’s focus; broader environmental concerns remain attributed to the originating series.

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Preview for Nalujuk Night

Nalujuk Night

Short Film · Documentary · 13 min (NFB) · 2021

Nain, Nunatsiavut, Labrador

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Jennie Williams joins Nain's annual Nalujuk Night, showing how suspense, play and shared courage bring a Labrador Inuit community together.

Directed by Jennie Williams.

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Before Watching: Frightening masks, pursuit and suspense are part of the documented community event.

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Preview for Feather Fall

Feather Fall

Official Excerpt · 2024

Elsipogtog

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Ossie Michelin returns to Elsipogtog after photographing resistance there in 2013, asking how activism, environmental conflicts and media have changed.

Film directed by Ossie Michelin.

Official NFB promotional excerpt, not the full film. The full-film player was restricted in our 2026-10-16 check. Preview playback itself was not tested; provider and regional limits can change.

Before Watching: Land defence, environmental conflict and the effects of confrontational media coverage.

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Preview for Lakota Nation vs. United States

Lakota Nation vs. United States

Official Trailer · 2m 21s

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Lakota voices challenge dispossession and distorted representations, connecting the Black Hills with enduring community life, resistance and sovereignty.

Directed by Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli.

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Before Watching: Discusses dispossession and historical violence.

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Preview for Indigenous Peoples Network Of Southern Africa: Launch

Indigenous Peoples Network Of Southern Africa: Launch

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 53m 17s

Southern Africa

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A recorded Jamma International panel marks the launch of the Indigenous Peoples Network of Southern Africa. The upload supplies the event identity but no detailed speaker list.

Panel by Jamma International; published by Cultural Survival.

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Before Watching: Recorded event. No specific organizational achievements, participant identities or policy outcomes are inferred from the brief description.

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Preview for The Deaf Indigenous Dance Group

The Deaf Indigenous Dance Group

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 6m 45s

Australia

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Members of the Deaf Indigenous Dance Group discuss dance, culture and Deaf pride, including storytelling through sign language and vibration. An official video-podcast portrait.

Series created by Paula Thornton, Deaf Australia; additional editing by Max Banyat; music by Max Gosford. Produced by SBS and Deaf Australia.

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Before Watching: Contains discussion of barriers experienced by Deaf First Nations performers. The publisher identifies Auslan as part of the series; caption accuracy has not been independently assessed.

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Preview for Northlore

Northlore

Official Trailer · Animation · 2025

Northern Canada

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Animation and live action explore relationships between people and wildlife in northern Canada through stories of encounters with wilderness.

Film directed by David Hamelin, Melaina Sheldon.

Official NFB trailer, not the full film. The full-film player was restricted in our 2026-10-16 check. Preview playback itself was not tested; provider and regional limits can change.

Before Watching: Stories of people and wildlife combine live action and animation.

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Preview for Fight

Fight

Official Page · External Viewing · Documentary · 44 min (NFB) · 2012

Winnipeg

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A Winnipeg teacher uses boxing to support two Indigenous teenagers facing difficult circumstances, following their efforts to remain engaged in school.

Directed by Ervin Chartrand.

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Before Watching: Boxing, difficult childhood circumstances and risk of leaving school.

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Preview for We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân

We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân

Official Trailer · 0m 42s · 2011 premiere

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Wampanoag community members work to bring their language into new generations, joining archival documents, study and community determination.

Directed by Anne Makepeace.

42-second preview published by Makepeace Productions on Vimeo, not the full documentary. See the filmmaker information linked below for the film and its credits. Provider restrictions can change.

Before Watching: Discusses language suppression and cultural recovery.

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Preview for Slavery At Paarl: Remembering And Enduring

Slavery At Paarl: Remembering And Enduring

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 21m 51s

Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa

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Hybré van Niekerk discusses slavery and descendant communities in Paarl. The recorded interview connects local history with the cultural legacies of colonial South Africa.

Interview with Hybré van Niekerk, produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Slavery, forced labor and colonial violence. Historical interpretation is attributed to the interview.

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Preview for Like My Brother: Tiwi Football Dreams

Like My Brother: Tiwi Football Dreams

Official Excerpt · 1m 11s

Tiwi Islands, Australia

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An official excerpt follows the sporting ambitions of Indigenous girls from the Tiwi Islands and the hopes their pursuit of AFLW carries for family and community.

Official upload published by SBS On Demand / SBS. Individual filmmaker credits are not established by this upload description.

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Before Watching: Source descriptions and public metadata were checked; this is not a complete-program content review.

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Preview for Shaman

Shaman

Short Film · Animation · 5m (NFB) · 2017

Nain, Nunatsiavut, Labrador

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Echo Henoche animates a legend shared by her grandfather in Nain, telling of an Inuk shaman who transforms a threatening polar bear into stone.

Directed by Echo Henoche.

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Before Watching: An animated legend includes a threatening polar bear and supernatural transformation.

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Preview for Fisher River

Fisher River

Short Film · 15 min (NFB) · 2021

Fisher River Cree Nation

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Fisher River Cree Nation members share fish, resources and care during COVID-19, while mothers describe the challenges of supporting their families.

Directed by Kevin Settee.

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Before Watching: COVID-19 and pressure on family and community support.

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Preview for Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Full Film · 1h59m (NFB metadata) · 1993

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Filmed behind Kanien’kéhaka lines, this documentary follows the 1990 confrontation over a proposed development on Mohawk lands at Oka.

Written and directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: NFB warns that the film contains scenes of violence.

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Preview for Indigenous Languages In Southern Africa

Indigenous Languages In Southern Africa

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 3m 27s

Namibia, Botswana and South Africa

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Producer Morisca Christians discusses the state of Khoi and San languages in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. An Afrikaans-language radio program about language continuity.

Produced by Morisca Christians; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led program in Afrikaans.

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Preview for Uluṟu Handback: Forty Years

Uluṟu Handback: Forty Years

Official Excerpt · News And Reporting · 1m 19s

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa, Australia; reported visit to London

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A dated NITV News clip follows Aṉangu leaders sharing language, culture and connection to Country in London, marking forty years since the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa handback.

A NITV News report, published by SBS On Demand.

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Before Watching: Recorded report uploaded October 28, 2025, not a live event or a new handback announcement.

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Preview for Three Thousand

Three Thousand

Short Film · Documentary · 14m (NFB) · 2017

Inuit communities

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Asinnajaq places Inuit archival images alongside her own animation, questioning earlier representations while imagining futures beyond them.

Directed by Asinnajaq.

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Before Watching: Includes archival ethnographic and propaganda images reframed by an Inuk artist.

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Preview for Heartbeat of a Nation

Heartbeat of a Nation

Short Film · Documentary · 20 min (NFB) · 2022

Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation, northern Alberta

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At Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation, a father and child work on a caribou drum, carrying knowledge and hope between generations.

Directed by Eric Janvier.

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Before Watching: Family knowledge transfer and the making of a caribou drum.

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Preview for Birth of a Family

Birth of a Family

Full Film · 79m 22s · NFB Player · 2017

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Four Indigenous siblings separated through child-removal policies meet and piece together family history, building connections that years apart could not erase.

Directed by Tasha Hubbard; written by Tasha Hubbard and Betty Ann Adam.

Official NFB film and viewing page. Access may depend on territory or NFB conditions.

Before Watching: Discusses forced child removal, adoption and family separation.

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Preview for Ricardo Herdien: Land And Basic Services

Ricardo Herdien: Land And Basic Services

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 18m 41s

South Africa

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Ricardo Herdien discusses Indigenous South Africans’ struggles for land and basic services in a recorded Bush Radio interview.

Interview with Ricardo Herdien, produced by Bush Radio 89.5 FM; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led interview. Accounts of deprivation and land struggles remain attributed to the speaker.

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Preview for When The Aboriginal Flag Was Recognised

When The Aboriginal Flag Was Recognised

Official Excerpt · News And Reporting · 1m 36s

Australia

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An archival SBS News excerpt revisits debate over official recognition of the Aboriginal flag and why recognition mattered to Aboriginal speakers. This is historical reporting.

Archival SBS News reporting, published by SBS On Demand.

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Before Watching: The upload’s “31 years ago” wording is relative to July 2026, not an automatically current anniversary.

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Preview for Breaths

Breaths

Short Film · Documentary · 4m (NFB) · 2016

Inuit communities

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Susan Aglukark reflects on music, family and belonging as Nyla Innuksuk explores the colonial changes that shaped her voice and later Inuit artists.

Directed by Nyla Innuksuk.

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Before Watching: Colonial change, family history and cultural identity.

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Preview for Hi-Ho Mistahey!

Hi-Ho Mistahey!

Full Film · 1 h 39 min (NFB) · 2013

Attawapiskat; Canada; Geneva

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Alanis Obomsawin follows Shannen's Dream from Attawapiskat to international advocacy, centring children's demands for safe schools and fair education.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Unequal school conditions and the struggle for First Nations children's educational rights.

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Preview for Uýra - The Rising Forest

Uýra - The Rising Forest

Official Trailer · 1m 00s

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In the Amazon, Uýra uses performance and shared knowledge to connect Indigenous youth with identity, place and the interdependence of people and the environment.

PBS lists Juliana Curi, João Henrique Kurtz, Lívia Cheibub, Martina Sönksen and Uýra Sodoma as filmmakers.

Official 1-minute trailer from Azores Filmes, linked by KPBS, not the full documentary. The separate 52m 58s PBS edition may require Passport or an account and has provider-controlled regional terms.

Before Watching: Discusses racism, transphobia and environmental harm.

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Preview for Fisherfolk And Climate In South Africa

Fisherfolk And Climate In South Africa

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 34m 50s

Arniston and Buffeljagsbaai, South Africa

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Rowina Europa and Sarah Niemand discuss weather, fish traps and the pressures on small-scale fishing communities in Arniston and Buffeljagsbaai. A recorded report rooted in local experience.

Featuring Rowina Europa and Sarah Niemand; produced by Shaldon Ferris; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Discusses threats to livelihoods and changing weather. Climate observations and concerns are attributed to the participants.

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Preview for Australia: An Unofficial History: The NACC

Australia: An Unofficial History: The NACC

Official Excerpt · 1m 33s

Australia

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An official excerpt revisits the 1973 National Aboriginal Consultative Committee and connects that history with later debates about national Indigenous representation.

An excerpt from Australia: An Unofficial History, published by SBS On Demand.

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Before Watching: Historical political reporting. The entry does not equate the 1973 committee with later proposals or offer a current legal-status assessment.

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Preview for Nowhere Land

Nowhere Land

Short Film · Documentary · 14m (NFB) · 2015

Igloolik; Inuit homelands

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Bonnie Ammaaq recalls her family's move away from Igloolik to live on the land, preserving memories of an Inuit childhood beyond a government settlement.

Directed by Rosie Bonnie Ammaaq.

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Before Watching: Cultural loss, settlement policies and memories of a changing way of life.

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Preview for Holy Angels

Holy Angels

Short Film · Documentary · 13 min (NFB) · 2017

Canada

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Lena Wandering Spirit's childhood memories shape Jay Cardinal Villeneuve's account of residential schooling, with survival and the possibility of healing at its centre.

Directed by Jay Cardinal Villeneuve.

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Before Watching: Residential schooling, forced child removal and childhood trauma.

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Preview for Blood Memory

Blood Memory

Official Trailer · 1m 48s

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Sandy White Hawk reconnects with her Sicangu Lakota family and supports other Native adoptees returning to their communities.

Directed by Drew Nicholas.

Official 1m 48s WORLD trailer, not the full documentary. Film information and educational resources remain linked below. Provider and regional terms can change.

Before Watching: Family separation, abuse and adoption-related trauma.

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Preview for A New Chapter For Khoekhoegowab

A New Chapter For Khoekhoegowab

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 6m 37s

Botswana

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Nicodemus Cooper discusses an online Nama-language radio station in Botswana and its relationship to language continuity. A recorded Indigenous Rights Radio interview.

Interview with Nicodemus Cooper (Nama), produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: The publisher describes a 2026 station launch. This entry does not independently verify the station’s present operations or audience.

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Preview for Top Of The South: Te Tauihu Connections

Top Of The South: Te Tauihu Connections

Recorded Program · Other Format · 25m 19s

Te Tauihu and Abel Tasman, Aotearoa New Zealand

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Aneika and contributors explore Te Tauihu through whakapapa, land disputes, Indigenous crops, whale strandings and responsibilities as kaitiaki. An official program episode.

Featuring Aneika and the contributors named in the official upload; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Includes land disputes and whale strandings; interpretations remain those of the program.

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Preview for Stories from Our Land Vol. 2 - Finding Home

Stories from Our Land Vol. 2 - Finding Home

Short Film · Documentary · 9m (NFB) · 2013

Igloolik, Nunavut

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Nyla Innuksuk returns to Igloolik and reunites with her Inuk father, exploring family distance, place and a connection to ancestral knowledge.

Directed by Nyla Innuksuk.

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Before Watching: Long family separation and an emotional reunion.

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Preview for Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

Official Trailer · 2021

Canada

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Murray Sinclair's peace-award speech is placed beside residential-school survivors' testimony, linking recognition with the difficult work of facing Canada's history.

Film directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

Official NFB trailer, not the full film. The full-film player was restricted in our 2026-10-16 check. Preview playback itself was not tested; provider and regional limits can change.

Before Watching: Residential-school survivors describe abuse and the removal of children from their families.

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Preview for Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission Presentation - Denver Fall Tribal Convening 2025

Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission Presentation - Denver Fall Tribal Convening 2025

Official Page · 57m 21s · Recorded Presentation · 2025

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Richard B. Williams presents the commission’s research on Colorado treaties, Native land dispossession and relocation, and discusses restoration and education.

Recorded presentation by Richard B. Williams. The description of this December 2025 recording identifies him as Lakota and President of People of the Sacred Land.

Full recorded presentation from Denver Fall Tribal Convening 2025, uploaded December 1, 2025. This is a lecture, not a live broadcast or documentary film. It presents the speaker’s historical research and legal interpretations. Playback and regional access can change.

Before Watching: Discusses forced removal, land dispossession, massacre, intergenerational trauma and historical sexual violence.

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Preview for Indigenous Languages In Northern Kenya

Indigenous Languages In Northern Kenya

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 3m 38s

Northern Kenya, including Marsabit

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A Rendille-language audio program considers language revitalization in northern Kenya within a community-radio series exploring language and gender diversity.

Produced by Damaris Lenantare, Mario Kuraki and Sammy Rei; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led program in Rendille. A conflicting affiliation for producer Damaris Lenantare across publisher records is omitted rather than resolved by inference.

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Preview for The Haka Party Incident

The Haka Party Incident

Official Trailer · 47s

University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

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A short official preview introduces the 1979 effort by Māori and Pasifika activists to stop a University of Auckland haka parody and the consequences they faced.

Published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

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Before Watching: Racism, parody of cultural expression and consequences for activists. This is a brief preview, not the complete program.

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Preview for Stories from Our Land Vol. 2 - Strength, Flexibility, and Endurance

Stories from Our Land Vol. 2 - Strength, Flexibility, and Endurance

Short Film · Documentary · 10m (NFB) · 2013

Nunavut

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Allen Auksaq explores the skill and conditioning behind Inuit games, showing physical knowledge through athletes' feats of strength.

Directed by Allen Auksaq.

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Before Watching: Athletic feats and strenuous physical activity.

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Preview for Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Official Trailer · 2019

First Nations and Inuit children in Canada

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Jordan River Anderson's life anchors a struggle for equitable health, social and educational services for First Nations and Inuit children.

Film directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Child welfare, health care and unequal access to public services.

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Preview for Stories Are in Our Bones

Stories Are in Our Bones

Official Excerpt · 2019

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Janine Windolph takes her sons fishing with their grandmother, connecting a return to the land with family learning and recovery from residential-school harms.

Film directed by Janine Windolph.

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Before Watching: Residential-school experience, intergenerational disconnection and healing.

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Preview for Indigenous Futures In Marsabit, Kenya

Indigenous Futures In Marsabit, Kenya

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 3m 34s

Marsabit, northern Kenya

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A Rendille-language audio program considers Indigenous community futures in Marsabit as part of a northern Kenyan radio series on language and gender diversity.

Produced by Damaris Lenantare, Mario Kuraki and Sammy Rei; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led program in Rendille. Topic detail beyond the publisher’s brief series description has not been independently established.

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Preview for Stories from Our Land Vol. 2 - The Vending Machine

Stories from Our Land Vol. 2 - The Vending Machine

Short Film · Documentary · 7m (NFB) · 2013

Canadian Arctic

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Jessica Kotierk follows an Inuk entrepreneur and a solitary airport vending machine, finding a story of work in a far-northern community.

Directed by Jessica Kotierk.

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Before Watching: Everyday work and entrepreneurship.

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Preview for Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

Official Page · External Viewing · 2 h 4 min (NFB) · 2021

Kainai First Nation

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In Kainai First Nation, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers follows people affected by overdose alongside community members and health workers creating harm-reduction responses.

Directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers.

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Before Watching: Substance use, overdose, illness and community efforts toward care.

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Preview for this river

this river

Short Film · Documentary · 19 min (NFB) · 2016

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Kyle Kematch and Katherena Vermette share the grief of missing loved ones and the community action that grows from searching for them.

Directed by Erika MacPherson, Katherena Vermette.

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Before Watching: Missing people, grief and the search for loved ones.

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Preview for More Than A Servant: Krotoa Reimagined

More Than A Servant: Krotoa Reimagined

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 27m 48s

Paarl and the colonial Cape, South Africa

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Artist Dieuwke-Jean Linee discusses reimagining Krotoa, a Khoi woman and interpreter in the colonial Cape. A recorded conversation connects historical representation and contemporary art.

Interview with artist Dieuwke-Jean Linee (Khoi), produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Colonial coercion and contested historical representation. Interpretations of Krotoa’s life remain attributed to the program and artist.

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Preview for Timuti

Timuti

Short Film · Documentary · 29m (NFB) · 2012

Inukjuak, Eastern Arctic

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Jobie Weetaluktuk follows his family welcoming a baby in Inukjuak, exploring naming, kinship and the relationships carried between generations.

Directed by Jobie Weetaluktuk.

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Before Watching: Pregnancy, family relationships and publicly shared naming traditions.

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Preview for Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

Official Trailer · 2021

Canada

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Mary Two-Axe Earley's long campaign challenges sex discrimination in the Indian Act, connecting her personal struggle with First Nations women's rights.

Film directed by Courtney Montour.

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Before Watching: Sex discrimination, legal exclusion and the struggle for First Nations women's rights.

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Preview for Voices Across the Water

Voices Across the Water

Official Trailer · Documentary · 2022

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Two master boat builders find balance and healing through their work, showing how making a canoe can also be a way of finding direction in life.

Film directed by Fritz Mueller.

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Before Watching: Boat building, personal reflection and healing.

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Preview for Radio Atlantis: A History Of Land Defense

Radio Atlantis: A History Of Land Defense

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 25m 02s

West Coast, South Africa

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Bradley van Sitters and Oswald Daniels discuss land defense from the perspective of land defenders. An Afrikaans-language Radio Atlantis program rooted in South Africa’s West Coast.

Radio Atlantis, featuring Bradley van Sitters (Nama) and Oswald Daniels (Cochoqua); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. Full-program completeness and regional access are not independently certified; provider availability may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led program in Afrikaans. Accounts and legal interpretations remain attributed to the speakers.

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Preview for Stories from Our Land 1.5: Family Making Sleds

Stories from Our Land 1.5: Family Making Sleds

Short Film · Documentary · 5m (NFB) · 2011

Nunavut film initiative; scene location not separately specified

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A family builds sleds together before racing downhill, sharing skilled work and the pleasure of making something across generations.

Directed by Rosie Bonnie Ammaaq.

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Before Watching: Sled construction and downhill sledding.

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Preview for Matheson Island

Matheson Island

Short Film · 14 min (NFB) · 2021

Matheson Island

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The Whiteway family describes generations of fishing at Matheson Island, weighing its freedom and meaning against health, policy and industry pressures.

Directed by Kevin Settee.

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Before Watching: Fishing livelihoods, health concerns and uncertainty about the industry's future.

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Preview for WaaPaKe (Tomorrow)

WaaPaKe (Tomorrow)

Official Trailer · Documentary · 2023

Indigenous families affected by residential schooling

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Jules Arita Koostachin examines how residential-school trauma moves through families, opening space for shared truth, freedom and healing.

Film directed by Jules Arita Koostachin.

Official NFB trailer, not the full film. The full-film player was restricted in our 2026-10-16 check. Preview playback itself was not tested; provider and regional limits can change.

Before Watching: Residential schooling, intergenerational trauma and family testimony.

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Preview for Infinity Radio: Land Defenders Of Namibia

Infinity Radio: Land Defenders Of Namibia

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 22m 58s

Bwabwata, Namibia

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An Infinity Radio program explores !Xun and Khwe land defense in Bwabwata, Namibia, and features interviewee Reynold Van Wyk. A recorded program in Afrikaans.

Produced by Pieter Olivier / Infinity Radio; interviewee Reynold Van Wyk (identified as Baster by the publisher); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. Full-program completeness and regional access are not independently certified; provider availability may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led program in Afrikaans. The interviewee’s stated identity is not merged with the distinct !Xun and Khwe peoples discussed in the program.

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Preview for Stories from Our Land 1.5: If You Want to Get Married... You Have to Learn How to Build an Igloo!

Stories from Our Land 1.5: If You Want to Get Married... You Have to Learn How to Build an Igloo!

Short Film · Documentary · 5m (NFB) · 2011

Nunavut film initiative; scene location not separately specified

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Dean Ittuksarjuat builds an igloo in Allen Auksaq's observational short, offering a northern perspective on skilled work with snow.

Directed by Allen Auksaq.

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Before Watching: Traditional building practice using snow knives and blocks.

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Preview for Men / Ininiwag

Men / Ininiwag

Short Film · 15 min (NFB) · 2019

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

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As Shoal Lake 40 prepares for its powwow, men confront unsafe water and explain how cultural practice, healing and community work sustain the push for Freedom Road.

Directed by Angelina McLeod.

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Before Watching: Unsafe drinking water, underfunded infrastructure and personal healing.

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Preview for Wilfred Buck

Wilfred Buck

Official Trailer · Documentary · 2024

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Cree Elder Wilfred Buck's life and knowledge of the stars connect displacement, recovery and intergenerational teaching through documentary and re-created scenes.

Film directed by Lisa Jackson.

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Before Watching: Displacement, addiction and personal hardship; includes re-created scenes.

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Preview for Alice Tipap: Young Women And Decision-Making

Alice Tipap: Young Women And Decision-Making

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 11m 39s

Tanzanian community context, as identified in this upload

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Alice Tipap discusses challenges facing young people and the role of skills in community participation. This recorded interview identifies her as Maasai and places the conversation in a Tanzanian context.

Interview with Alice Tipap (Maasai), published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. Full-program completeness and regional access are not independently certified; provider availability may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led interview. This source’s Tanzanian context is explicit; a different upload with contradictory Tanzania/Kenya wording remains held, not counted again.

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Preview for Stories from Our Land 1.5: Inngiruti - The Thing that Sings!

Stories from Our Land 1.5: Inngiruti - The Thing that Sings!

Short Film · Documentary · 5m (NFB) · 2011

Pangnirtung, Nunavut

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In Pangnirtung, Elders remember earlier community dances before accordion player Simeonie Keenainak brings music to friends and family.

Directed by Nyla Innuksuk.

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Before Watching: Community memories, music and dance.

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Preview for Mobilize

Mobilize

Short Film · 3 min (NFB) · 2015

Far North and urban communities in Canada

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Caroline Monnet reshapes archival footage into a journey between northern and urban life, challenging fixed ideas about Indigenous identity and modernity.

Directed by Caroline Monnet.

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Before Watching: Archival representations of Indigenous people are reframed by a contemporary filmmaker.

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Preview for First Peoples, First Stories: Episodes 3 And 4

First Peoples, First Stories: Episodes 3 And 4

Official Trailer · 1m 00s

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A preview of short films about Native women seeking healing and Native youth finding their paths. This is a series promo, rather than the films themselves.

Official upload published by Vision Maker Media. Individual filmmaker credits are not established by this upload description.

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Preview for Stories From Our Land 1.5: Nippaq

Stories From Our Land 1.5: Nippaq

Short Film · Documentary · 3m (NFB) · 2011

Nunavut film initiative; scene location not separately specified

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Qajaaq Ellsworth observes hunter Joshua Atagooyuk waiting at a seal's breathing hole, holding attention on patience, time and land-based skill.

Directed by Qajaaq Ellsworth.

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Before Watching: Seal hunting and animal use.

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Preview for My Friend the Green Horse

My Friend the Green Horse

Official Excerpt · Animation · 2024

Abenaki homelands

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Animation and live action bring Alanis Obomsawin's childhood dream companion to life, connecting imagination, compassion and memories of her Abenaki homelands.

Film directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: A personal childhood story combining animation, live action and spiritual imagery.

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Preview for BRAIDS

BRAIDS

Official Trailer · 34s

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A Native boy faces pressure to change his hair before school picture day. The trailer introduces a conflict over identity, belonging and dignity.

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Before Watching: Depiction of cultural discrimination and pressure to cut a child’s hair.

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Preview for Stories from Our Land 1.5: Tide

Stories from Our Land 1.5: Tide

Short Film · Documentary · 3m (NFB) · 2011

Arctic; Nunavut film initiative

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Ericka Chemko uses time-lapse images to follow changing water and ice in the Arctic, revealing movement within an apparently still landscape.

Directed by Ericka Chemko.

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Before Watching: Observational landscape images of water and ice.

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Preview for Ninan Auassat: We, the Children

Ninan Auassat: We, the Children

Official Trailer · Documentary · 2024

Atikamekw, Eeyou Cree and Innu Nations

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Children from Atikamekw, Eeyou Cree and Innu Nations share everyday lives and hopes over six years, with no adult narration directing their stories.

Film directed by Kim O'Bomsawin.

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Before Watching: The source describes children's daily challenges and transitions toward adulthood.

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Preview for Spirit Plate With Chef Pyet DeSpain

Spirit Plate With Chef Pyet DeSpain

Official Trailer · 26s

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Chef Pyet DeSpain of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation visits Native communities through food, gathering and cooking. This short series promo introduces the journey.

Featuring chef Pyet DeSpain. Official series promo published by Vision Maker Media.

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Preview for Nunavut Animation Lab: Lumaajuuq

Nunavut Animation Lab: Lumaajuuq

Short Film · Animation · 7m (NFB) · 2010

Inuit storytelling; Nunavut Animation Lab

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Alethea Arnaquq-Baril adapts part of an Inuit legend into an animated story about a mistreated boy, a helpful loon and the consequences of revenge.

Directed by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril.

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Before Watching: Animated child abuse, blindness, revenge and a drowning death.

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Preview for nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up

Full Film · 1 h 38 min (NFB) · 2019

Canadian Prairies

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Tasha Hubbard follows Colten Boushie's family seeking justice after his killing, connecting their struggle with adoption, colonial history and hopes for children's safety.

Directed by Tasha Hubbard.

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Before Watching: Fatal gun violence, racism, grief and a contested criminal trial.

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Preview for Courage

Courage

Official Trailer · Drama · 1m 07s

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A short drama follows a Native hoop dancer confronting identity and self-worth. This trailer introduces the fictional story and its dancer, played by Mateo Ulibarri.

Starring Mateo Ulibarri. Official trailer published by Vision Maker Media.

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Preview for Nunavut Animation Lab: Qalupalik

Nunavut Animation Lab: Qalupalik

Short Film · Animation · 5m (NFB) · 2010

Arctic Ocean; Inuit storytelling

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In Ame Papatsie's animated Inuit story, a sea creature takes Angutii from the shore and his father begins a long kayak journey to find him.

Directed by Ame Papatsie.

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Before Watching: Animated child abduction, a frightening sea creature and peril.

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Preview for Now Is the Time

Now Is the Time

Short Film · 16 min (NFB) · 2019

Old Massett, Haida Gwaii

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Christopher Auchter returns to the 1969 raising of Robert Davidson's pole at Old Massett, remembering a community celebration and renewal of Haida artistic life.

Directed by Christopher Auchter.

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Before Watching: Revisits a 1969 community event and its significance for Haida cultural renewal.

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Preview for Healing Ribbons, One Stitch At A Time

Healing Ribbons, One Stitch At A Time

Official Trailer · Documentary · 1m 00s

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Urban Indigenous women share stories of connection, healing and strength across generations. A trailer for Margaux Towne’s documentary about sisterhood and community.

Directed by Margaux Towne. Official trailer published by Vision Maker Media.

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Preview for Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths

Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths

Full Film · Documentary · 1h 8m (NFB) · 2010

Canadian Arctic

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This documentary examines Inuit accounts of losing sled dogs between 1950 and 1970, connecting disputed histories with changes to land-based life.

Directed by Ole Gjerstad, Joelie Sanguya.

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Before Watching: Historical testimony and contested accounts concerning sled-dog killings and displacement.

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Preview for Our Maternal Home

Our Maternal Home

Official Excerpt · 2023

Waswanipi, Quebec; Saskatchewan

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Janine Windolph and her family travel to Waswanipi to reconnect with Cree relatives and land, making shared learning part of healing cultural disconnection.

Film directed by Janine Windolph.

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Before Watching: Intergenerational disconnection, family history and cultural reclamation.

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Preview for Reservation Redemption

Reservation Redemption

Official Trailer · 1m 33s

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The trailer follows Colville citizen “Chief” Marchand Rice and his path toward cultural connection, teaching and mentorship while imprisoned.

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Before Watching: Incarceration, a life sentence and discussion of the death penalty. The family and legal history are presented through the film’s account.

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Preview for Arctic Song

Arctic Song

Official Excerpt · Animation · 2021

Iglulik region, Nunavut

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Inuit creation stories from the Iglulik region move through animation and song, sharing accounts of land, sea and sky with another generation.

Film directed by Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, Louise Flaherty.

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Before Watching: Animated creation stories are presented as cultural storytelling.

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Preview for Our People Will Be Healed

Our People Will Be Healed

Full Film · 1 h 36 min (NFB) · 2017

Norway House, Manitoba

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A school in Norway House shows how Cree education can strengthen students' skills and pride when community learning has the resources it needs.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Education, unequal resources and community-led opportunities for children.

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Preview for Legend Of Fry-Roti: Rise Of The Dough

Legend Of Fry-Roti: Rise Of The Dough

Official Trailer · 30s

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A Navajo and Bengali family story uses fry bread and roti to explore a niece’s sense of belonging. A short trailer for a comic, imaginative tale.

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Preview for K'i Tah Amongst the Birch

K'i Tah Amongst the Birch

Short Film · Documentary · 10m (NFB) · 2020

Northwest Territories

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Melaw Nakehk'o records pandemic life with her family at a Northwest Territories land camp, grounding an unsettled period in daily work and attention to place.

Directed by Melaw Nakehk'o.

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Before Watching: Pandemic isolation, hide scraping and everyday work with animal materials.

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Preview for The People of the Kattawapiskak River

The People of the Kattawapiskak River

Full Film · 50 min (NFB) · 2012

Northern Ontario Cree community

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Alanis Obomsawin examines the causes of the 2011 housing crisis in a northern Ontario Cree community.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Inadequate housing and the circumstances of a 2011 community crisis.

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Preview for Redbird

Redbird

Official Excerpt · 46s

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A sneak peek introduces four generations of Cherokee women and a story of grief, family bonds and resilience. The upload offers a brief excerpt rather than the complete film.

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Before Watching: Family grief.

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Preview for If the Weather Permits

If the Weather Permits

Short Film · Documentary · 27m (NFB) · 2003

Nunavik

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Returning to Nunavik, Elisapie Isaac reflects on family, land and the distance between generations, exploring Inuit life amid colonial change and Southern cultural influence.

Directed by Elisapie Isaac.

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Before Watching: Bereavement, isolation, cultural loss and colonial change.

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Preview for Poplar River

Poplar River

Short Film · 10 min (NFB) · 2021

Poplar River First Nation

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Poplar River First Nation members describe responsibility to the waters and lands around them, looking toward the generations who will inherit their care.

Directed by Kevin Settee.

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Before Watching: Community perspectives on protecting land and water for future generations.

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Preview for Drowned Land

Drowned Land

Official Trailer · Documentary · 3m 25s

Kiamichi River

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Water protectors defend the Kiamichi River as communities confront pressures on the river and their ways of life. This is the official trailer for a feature documentary.

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Before Watching: Environmental threats and conflict over water. The entry does not independently resolve the disputes described by the film.

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Preview for Red Path

Red Path

Short Film · Documentary · 15 min (NFB) · 2015

Atikamekw community; Quebec

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Preparing for fatherhood, Tony Chachai reconnects with his Atikamekw roots, family and community, expressing pride through powwow dancing.

Directed by Thérèse Ottawa.

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Before Watching: Identity, family reconnection and anticipation of parenthood.

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Preview for Made For Her

Made For Her

Official Trailer · 30s

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A magical romance follows a Cultivator and a Potter whose relationship faces an arranged marriage and a powerful rival. This promo introduces the story.

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Before Watching: Story involving a pressured marriage and conflict.

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Preview for Reel Injun

Reel Injun

Official Trailer · Documentary · 2009

North America

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Neil Diamond examines Hollywood's portrayals of Indigenous people, using film clips and conversations to question stereotypes and recover other ways of telling stories.

Film directed by Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes.

Official NFB trailer, not the full film. The full-film player was restricted in our 2026-10-16 check. Preview playback itself was not tested; provider and regional limits can change.

Before Watching: Racist stereotypes and historical representations appear in archival film clips.

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Preview for The Love For The Game

The Love For The Game

Official Trailer · 35s

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In this story, a former basketball player gets a chance to reconnect with his sister and the game. The official trailer introduces Isaac’s journey.

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Preview for The Road Forward

The Road Forward

Official Trailer · Documentary · 2017

Canada

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Marie Clements connects First Nations activism of the 1930s with later generations through music, bringing political memory into performance.

Film directed by Marie Clements.

Official NFB trailer, not the full film. The full-film player was restricted in our 2026-10-16 check. Preview playback itself was not tested; provider and regional limits can change.

Before Watching: Historical discrimination and the struggle for First Nations civil rights.

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Preview for Kanenon:we: Original Seeds

Kanenon:we: Original Seeds

Official Trailer · 30s

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Haudenosaunee women care for seeds and carry knowledge between generations. This trailer introduces a story of Indigenous seed sovereignty and food security.

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Preview for Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot man

Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot man

Official Trailer · 2025

Blackfoot Confederacy; Prairies

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Blackfoot men reflect on family, vulnerability, language and belonging, challenging colonial stereotypes while exploring masculinity from within their communities.

Film directed by Trevor Solway.

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Before Watching: Colonial stereotypes, masculinity and personal experiences of healing.

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Preview for Stroke: The Circle Of Healing

Stroke: The Circle Of Healing

Official Trailer · 27s

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Filmmaker Jamie Tafoya reflects on stroke recovery and the relationships between Western medicine, Native healing and personal experience. This upload is a short promo.

By filmmaker Jamie Tafoya. Official promo published by Vision Maker Media.

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Before Watching: Stroke and recovery. The film presents personal experiences, not proof of treatment effectiveness or medical guidance.

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Preview for Sisters & Brothers

Sisters & Brothers

Short Film · 3 min (NFB) · 2015

Canada

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Kent Monkman's archival montage compares the destruction of bison with the harm of residential schooling, challenging Canada's colonial history.

Directed by Kent Monkman.

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Before Watching: Bison destruction, residential schooling and colonial violence appear in archival material.

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Preview for Iiná

Iiná

Official Trailer · 2m 00s

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A Navajo coming-of-age story follows teenager Robert Yazzie taking his ailing grandmother to the Navajo Nation Fair. This is the official trailer.

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Before Watching: A family member’s illness.

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Preview for The Stand

The Stand

Full Film · 1 h 34 min (NFB) · 2024

Lyell Island; Haida Nation

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Archival footage returns to Haida resistance on Lyell Island in 1985, following the people whose stand against logging reshaped a struggle for land and sovereignty.

Directed by Chris Auchter.

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Before Watching: Land defence, confrontation over logging and colonial dispossession.

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Preview for Cristina Azocar: Storytelling Sovereignty

Cristina Azocar: Storytelling Sovereignty

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 4m 44s

2026 Indigenous Media Conference; location not established by this upload.

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Cristina Azocar discusses why Indigenous communities should control their own stories and how reporting from within communities changes representation. A recorded interview.

Interview with Dr. Cristina Azocar (Upper Mattaponi), produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar); published by Cultural Survival.

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Before Watching: Audio-led interview. Academic and institutional roles are those stated in the dated upload, not a separately verified current appointment.

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Preview for Upstairs With David Amram

Upstairs With David Amram

Short Film · Recorded Talk · 16 min (NFB) · 2021

Montreal; North America

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In a conversation recorded in Montreal in 2008, Alanis Obomsawin and musician David Amram revisit friendship, music and their years of social activism.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: A recorded conversation about music, friendship and the Indigenous rights movement.

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Preview for Straight Up: Kaperiere “Pāpā” Wharewera

Straight Up: Kaperiere “Pāpā” Wharewera

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 3m 10s

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MĀORI+ introduces Kaperiere “Pāpā” Wharewera through a short leadership interview and challenges. The entry records the program’s dated candidate profile, without endorsing a party.

Featuring Kaperiere “Pāpā” Wharewera; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

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Before Watching: Recorded political candidate profile; affiliations reflect the upload, not a current-status verification. The publisher does not state the participant’s Indigenous identity in this description.

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Preview for We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Full Film · Documentary · 2 h 42 min (NFB) · 2016

First Nations communities in Canada

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Alanis Obomsawin follows the long discrimination case over First Nations children's services, centring families and advocates demanding equitable care.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Child welfare, unequal public services and testimony concerning harms to children.

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Preview for Straight Up: Angee Nicholas

Straight Up: Angee Nicholas

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 3m 17s

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MĀORI+ introduces Angee Nicholas through a short leadership interview and challenges. The dated political profile offers a participant’s perspective, without endorsing a party.

Featuring Angee Nicholas; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

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Before Watching: Recorded political candidate profile; affiliations reflect the upload, not a current-status verification. The publisher does not state the participant’s Indigenous identity in this description.

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Preview for Women / Ikwewag

Women / Ikwewag

Short Film · 12 min (NFB) · 2019

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

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Shoal Lake 40 women describe raising families in enforced isolation and organizing for a road, drawing strength from culture and one another.

Directed by Angelina McLeod.

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Before Watching: Hazardous travel, deaths during lake crossings and risks faced by pregnant people and babies.

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Preview for Straight Up: Keegan Langeveld

Straight Up: Keegan Langeveld

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 3m 15s

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MĀORI+ introduces Keegan Langeveld through a short leadership interview and challenges. The program explores a young leader’s perspective rather than providing an independent policy assessment.

Featuring Keegan Langeveld; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

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Before Watching: Recorded political profile. The publisher does not state the participant’s Indigenous identity in this description; no identity or current office is inferred.

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Preview for Youth / Oshkaadiziig

Youth / Oshkaadiziig

Short Film · 14 min (NFB) · 2019

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation; Kenora, Ontario

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Shoal Lake 40 youth discuss leaving home for school and building Freedom Road, linking work in their community with hope for safer lives and future opportunities.

Directed by Angelina McLeod.

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Before Watching: Racism, educational barriers and young people's separation from family for schooling.

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Preview for Straight Up: Tamatha Paul

Straight Up: Tamatha Paul

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 3m 31s

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MĀORI+ introduces Tamatha Paul through a short leadership interview and challenges. This dated political profile offers a participant’s perspective, without endorsing a party.

Featuring Tamatha Paul; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

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Before Watching: Recorded political profile; parliamentary affiliation reflects the upload, not a current-status verification. The publisher does not state the participant’s Indigenous identity in this description.

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Preview for Uncovering Boarding Schools

Uncovering Boarding Schools

Recorded Program · 56m 09s

United States

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Native voices explore the history and lasting effects of US Indian boarding schools, alongside resistance, cultural reclamation and healing. An official film upload linked to the Vision Maker Film Festival.

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Before Watching: Boarding schools, forced assimilation and intergenerational trauma. Full-film completeness has not been established by comparing this upload with a release master.

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Preview for This Is Home

This Is Home

Official Trailer · Drama · 15s

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This drama-comedy promo introduces a whānau facing the loss of a beloved homestead. A short preview of 787 Media’s fictional series, rather than an account of a real family’s dispute.

A series by 787 Media; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

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Before Watching: Fictional family conflict and threatened loss of a home.

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Preview for Coming Home: From Shadowland To Spiritworld

Coming Home: From Shadowland To Spiritworld

Official Trailer · 2m 59s

Coastal California

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Kashia Pomo elder Otis Parrish mentors Martina Morgan and Jerry Pinola as their stories connect cultural renewal, coastal California land return and missing relatives. Official trailer.

Featuring Otis Parrish, Martina Morgan and Jerry Pinola. Official trailer published by Vision Maker Media.

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Before Watching: Dispossession, trauma and missing or murdered relatives.

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Preview for A Sami Wedding: Receiving A Joik

A Sami Wedding: Receiving A Joik

Official Excerpt · 2m 00s

Sámi cultural context; country not specified by this upload

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An official A Sami Wedding excerpt introduces a conversation about receiving a joik and its meaning in Sámi culture. A brief program clip rather than a guide to all Sámi traditions.

Official upload published by SBS On Demand / SBS. Individual filmmaker credits are not established by this upload description.

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Before Watching: The clip presents a particular conversation; it does not stand for every Sámi community or authorize reuse of cultural expressions.

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Preview for The Land Returns

The Land Returns

Official Trailer · 2m 21s

United States

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This trailer introduces land-return efforts involving Native Nations, farmers, local governments and environmental groups, asking what cooperation and restitution can look like.

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Before Watching: Historical land dispossession. The synopsis does not independently verify the trailer’s numerical land claims.

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Preview for Healing Our Future

Healing Our Future

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 45m 08s

Details And Official Source

Lyla June Johnston and Aimee Roberson discuss the ancestral knowledge, values and relationships shaping their vision of a shared future. The opening Mother Earth Medicine podcast conversation.

Hosted by Dr. Lyla June Johnston (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese) and Aimee Roberson (Chahta/Chikashsha); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Recorded audio-led conversation. The entire program has not been independently watched for this listing.

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Preview for She Cried That Day

She Cried That Day

Official Trailer · 1m 07s

Gallup, New Mexico

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Christine and her family seek answers and justice after her sister Dione’s death in Gallup, New Mexico. This trailer introduces the family’s account and determination.

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Before Watching: Family bereavement and allegations about policing. This entry presents the family’s account without independently adjudicating the cause of death or case details.

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Preview for Caring For Self, Caring For Community

Caring For Self, Caring For Community

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 56m 38s

Details And Official Source

Poet and musician Tanaya Winder joins Lyla June Johnston to discuss burnout, finding purpose and using storytelling and creative work in community care. A recorded podcast conversation.

Conversation with Tanaya Winder (Shoshone, Ute, Diné and Paiute), co-hosted by Lyla June Johnston; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Discusses burnout and personal approaches to healing; not clinical advice or proof of a treatment.

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Preview for Medicine Ball

Medicine Ball

Official Trailer · 2m 04s

Minnesota, United States

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Two Native basketball players at the University of Minnesota Morris confront the campus’s boarding-school history and explore sport’s place in resistance and cultural pride. Official trailer.

Official upload published by Vision Maker Media. Individual filmmaker credits are not established by this upload description.

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Before Watching: Indian boarding schools and assimilation.

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Preview for Burhan Sönmez: Kurdish Voices And Language

Burhan Sönmez: Kurdish Voices And Language

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 53m 38s

Kurdish-language discussion; a specific country is not supplied.

Details And Official Source

Burhan Sönmez and Lyla June Johnston discuss revitalizing the Kurdish language. This recorded Mother Earth Medicine podcast centers language and the ability to carry culture forward.

Conversation with Burhan Sönmez, hosted by Dr. Lyla June Johnston; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Recorded audio-led conversation. The entire program has not been independently watched for this listing.

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Preview for Without Arrows

Without Arrows

Official Trailer · 1m 55s

Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota

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Grass dancer Delwin Fiddler Jr. returns to the Cheyenne River Reservation, reconnecting with Lakota heritage and family while working through loss. Official trailer.

Featuring Delwin Fiddler Jr. Official trailer published by Vision Maker Media.

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Before Watching: Family grief and intergenerational responsibility.

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Preview for Fierce Love: Caring For Our Communities

Fierce Love: Caring For Our Communities

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 61m 05s

Details And Official Source

Alicia Moncada, Avexnim Cojtí and Aimee Roberson discuss caring for Indigenous cultures, communities and relationships with the Earth. A recorded Mother Earth Medicine conversation.

Conversation with Alicia Moncada (Wayuu) and Avexnim Cojtí (Maya K’iche’), hosted by Aimee Roberson (Chahta/Chikashsha); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Recorded audio-led conversation. The entire program has not been independently watched for this listing.

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Preview for Story Pole

Story Pole

Official Trailer · Documentary · 1m 35s

Washington State, United States

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Coast Salish artist Jason LaClair connects recovery, art and cultural continuity, with elder Samuel Cagey Jr. contributing knowledge. A documentary trailer rooted in Washington State.

Featuring Jason LaClair and Samuel Cagey Jr. Official trailer published by Vision Maker Media.

Official trailer or series promo only. The complete film or series is not included in this upload. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Addiction and recovery. A personal story, not medical advice.

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Preview for Passamaquoddy Voices: From 1890 To 2025

Passamaquoddy Voices: From 1890 To 2025

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 22m 09s

Passamaquoddy archival and language work; location not supplied.

Details And Official Source

Donald Soctomah and Dwayne Tomah discuss Passamaquoddy wax-cylinder recordings from 1890 and the work of interpreting and restoring their meaning. A recorded historical conversation.

Interview with Donald Soctomah and Dwayne Tomah, produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Discusses historical audio recordings. This listing grants no permission to reproduce archival voices or cultural materials.

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Preview for In The Wake Of Justice Delayed

In The Wake Of Justice Delayed

Official Trailer · 1m 30s

Alaska, United States

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Two Indigenous families in Alaska pursue justice after losing loved ones to murder. This trailer introduces their experiences with grief and the legal process.

Official upload published by Vision Maker Media. Individual filmmaker credits are not established by this upload description.

Official trailer or series promo only. The complete film or series is not included in this upload. Availability, accounts and regional restrictions can change. Playback startup and the complete program have not been independently watched for this entry.

Before Watching: Murder, family bereavement and the justice system. The entry does not independently adjudicate legal claims.

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Preview for Michelle Schenandoah: Restoring Relationships

Michelle Schenandoah: Restoring Relationships

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 27m 42s

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Michelle Schenandoah discusses Indigenous women’s voices, Oneida land claims and the meaning of rematriation. A recorded interview connecting family leadership and responsibilities to land.

Interview with Michelle Schenandoah (Oneida), produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Land claims and historical injustice. The interview’s interpretations are attributed to its speaker, not presented as a new legal determination.

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Preview for Older Than The Crown

Older Than The Crown

Official Trailer · 2m 32s

Sinixt ancestral lands in Canada

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A trailer follows Sinixt ceremonial hunter Rick Desautel’s legal fight over hunting on ancestral land, placing identity, borders and homeland at the center of the film’s account.

Featuring Rick Desautel. Official trailer published by Vision Maker Media.

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Before Watching: Government exclusion and contested hunting rights. The synopsis describes the film’s account and is not a current legal-status determination.

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Preview for Indigenous Languages: We Are Still Here

Indigenous Languages: We Are Still Here

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 8m 18s

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Richard Grounds discusses working with young people to carry Yuchi language across generations, going beyond dictionaries and books. An Indigenous Rights Radio conversation.

Voices of Richard Grounds and Carlos Madrigal; produced by Carlos Madrigal / Cultural Survival / Indigenous Rights Radio.

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Before Watching: Audio-led interview; language learning practices are discussed in their community context.

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Preview for Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust

Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust

Official Trailer · 2m 22s

Payahuunadü, Manzanar and Los Angeles

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Native American, Japanese American and rancher women build an alliance around land and water in Payahuunadü, linking Manzanar’s history with present community relationships. Official trailer.

A co-production of the Center for Asian American Media and Vision Maker Media. Official trailer published by Vision Maker Media.

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Before Watching: Wartime incarceration, dispossession and loss of water.

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Preview for Tamang Human Rights Defenders

Tamang Human Rights Defenders

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 12m 16s

Bojheni, identified by the publisher as a Tamang settlement

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Mayalu Tamang presents challenges facing Tamang human-rights defenders and discusses a high-voltage transmission-line issue at Bojheni. An audio program in Tamang.

Presented by Mayalu Tamang (Tamang) / Radio Likhu; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led report in Tamang. The entry does not infer the legal position or direction of the transmission-line dispute from the short description.

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Preview for Growing Native Great Lakes: Turtle Island

Growing Native Great Lakes: Turtle Island

Official Trailer · 3m 23s

Great Lakes region and Wisconsin

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Ojibwe and Oneida communities connect waterways, food and contemporary livelihoods in the Great Lakes region. This trailer introduces their relationships with land and resources.

Official upload published by Vision Maker Media. Individual filmmaker credits are not established by this upload description.

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Before Watching: Includes discussion of relocation.

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Preview for Tara Gatewood: Staying Safe While Reporting

Tara Gatewood: Staying Safe While Reporting

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 10m 21s

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Tara Gatewood discusses physical, digital and mental safety for Indigenous journalists reporting on land defense, disasters and protests. A recorded interview about risk and community knowledge.

Interview with Tara Gatewood, produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Discussion of threats faced by journalists. Institutional job titles are omitted because the short source description does not establish their precise scope or present status.

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Preview for Reclaiming Fire: Cultural Burning With Margo Robbins

Reclaiming Fire: Cultural Burning With Margo Robbins

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 54m 12s

Yurok Reservation, far Northern California, United States

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Margo Robbins and Lyla June Johnston discuss Yurok cultural burning as care for land, habitats and future generations. A recorded Mother Earth Medicine podcast conversation.

Conversation with Margo Robbins (Yurok), co-hosted by Dr. Lyla June Johnston (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese); published by Cultural Survival.

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Before Watching: Audio-led recorded conversation. Cultural and ecological practices are discussed in context; this is not instruction to conduct a burn.

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Preview for Maya Q’eqchi’ Territory: An AEPDI Project

Maya Q’eqchi’ Territory: An AEPDI Project

Recorded Program · Other Format · 3m 07s

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AEPDI presents a community-media project about Maya Q’eqchi’ territory, prior consent and diversified growing plots in response to extractive threats. An official short project account.

A project account by AEPDI, supported by Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Community Media Fund; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: The project’s claimed effects are the producer’s account, not independently measured outcomes. A country is not supplied in this upload description.

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Preview for Richard Grounds: Growing Young Speakers

Richard Grounds: Growing Young Speakers

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 14m 11s

Interview at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, New York

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Richard Grounds discusses creating new Yuchi speakers and language revitalization in an interview recorded at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Interview with Richard Grounds (Yuchi), produced by Adriana Hernandez (Maya K’iche’) and edited by Shaldon Ferris; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: A dated recorded interview. References to the forum being underway describe the upload’s original context, not a live event.

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Preview for Indigenous Stewardship: Land And Community

Indigenous Stewardship: Land And Community

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 107m 25s

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Indigenous leaders discuss securing land titles, resisting extractive pressure and restoring responsibilities to land and community. A recorded Cultural Survival discussion.

Recorded discussion published by Cultural Survival; individual speaker credits are not supplied in the retained upload description.

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Before Watching: Threats to land defenders and contested land rights. Accounts and legal interpretations remain attributed to the speakers.

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Preview for Colatlán: Nahua Territory And Culture

Colatlán: Nahua Territory And Culture

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 24m 58s

Colatlán, Mexico

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Yoltlajtoli Radio explores relationships between territory, food, embroidery and cultural continuity in Colatlán, Mexico. An Indigenous Rights Radio program in Náhuatl.

Voices and script by Yoltlajtoli Radio, Mexico; published by Cultural Survival / Indigenous Rights Radio.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led program in Náhuatl. Cultural practices are discussed by the originating community broadcaster, without granting permission to reproduce them.

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Preview for Mocondino: A History Of Territorial Defense

Mocondino: A History Of Territorial Defense

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 7m 11s

Mocondino and Pasto, as named by the community-media source

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La Minga recounts the Mocondino community’s territorial struggle and its account of historical documents and court decisions. A short Spanish-language community-media report.

La Minga / La Voz de los Mocondinos, published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Historical and legal claims are attributed to the community report. This entry does not establish present title, jurisdiction or legal advice.

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Preview for Open-Pit Mining And Indigenous Peoples

Open-Pit Mining And Indigenous Peoples

Recorded Program · News And Reporting · 16m 46s

Southern Mexico, including Oaxaca

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CEPIADET’s radio producers examine open-pit mining and its impacts on Indigenous territories in southern Mexico. A Spanish-language Indigenous Rights Radio program.

Produced, written and edited by Radio del Centro Profesional Indígena de Asesoría, Defensa y Traducción A. C. (CEPIADET), Mexico; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. This source check does not establish that it is the complete original film or series. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Audio-led report in Spanish. Historical concession figures and allegations are not reproduced as current conditions.

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Preview for Mā Tō Rourou: Mahera Maihi

Mā Tō Rourou: Mahera Maihi

Official Excerpt · Recorded Talk · 1m 14s

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A short official preview introduces Mahera Maihi’s account of growing up amid hardship and working to shape a different future. An excerpt from Mā Tō Rourou.

Featuring Mahera Maihi; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

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Before Watching: Discussion of drugs, poverty and domestic abuse. This is a program preview, not a full interview.

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Preview for Joan Hoyte: At The 2026 Indigenous Forum

Joan Hoyte: At The 2026 Indigenous Forum

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 8m 15s

UN Headquarters, New York; this is the interview location, not an inferred community homeland.

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Cultural Survival interviews Joan Hoyte, identified by the publisher as Carib, at the 2026 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. A recorded delegate conversation.

Interview with Joan Hoyte (Carib), produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San); published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. Full-program completeness and regional access are not independently certified; provider availability may change.

Before Watching: Recorded 2026 forum interview. The publisher’s community label is retained; no specific nation, present office or recognition status is inferred.

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Preview for Mā Tō Rourou: Chancey

Mā Tō Rourou: Chancey

Official Excerpt · Recorded Talk · 44s

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A short Mā Tō Rourou preview introduces Chancey’s relationship with te ao Māori and te reo Māori. A brief official excerpt.

Featuring Chancey; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

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Before Watching: Brief program preview. The entry does not infer a biography or community affiliation beyond the publisher’s description.

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Preview for The Mountain of SGaana

The Mountain of SGaana

Short Film · Animation · 10m (NFB) · 2017

Haida storytelling

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Christopher Auchter draws on a Haida fable in an animated story of a young woman's journey to rescue a man taken into the spirit world.

Directed by Christopher Auchter.

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Before Watching: Animated peril, abduction and a journey into a spirit world.

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Preview for Ki Tua: Hana Tapiata

Ki Tua: Hana Tapiata

Official Page · External Viewing · Recorded Talk · 26m 08s

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Hana Tapiata discusses applying Māori concepts to modern life after facing assumptions about identity and skin color. An official Ki Tua episode, identified by the publisher as subtitled.

Featuring Hana Tapiata in Ki Tua, episode 14; published by MĀORI+ / Whakaata Māori.

Official recorded episode on the publisher’s YouTube page. The provider disables embedding; this is an external watch link only. Availability and regional restrictions may change.

Before Watching: Racism and identity stereotyping. The provider disables embedding for this episode; watch on its official page.

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Preview for To Wake Up the Nakota Language

To Wake Up the Nakota Language

Short Film · Documentary · 6m (NFB) · 2017

Pheasant Rump First Nation, Treaty 4 territory, Saskatchewan

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Armand McArthur shares his commitment to Nakota language renewal at Pheasant Rump First Nation, connecting cultural knowledge with future generations.

Directed by Louise BigEagle.

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Before Watching: Language loss and community-led revitalization.

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Preview for Rematriated Voices: Eve Meets Sky Woman

Rematriated Voices: Eve Meets Sky Woman

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 57m 23s

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Louise McDonald Herne and historian Sally Roesch Wagner feature in Rematriated Voices, a podcast connecting Indigenous knowledge with relationships, democracy and care for the Earth.

Rematriated Voices, hosted by Michelle Schenandoah; featuring Louise McDonald Herne and the late Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, as credited in the upload; published by Cultural Survival.

Official recorded program on the publisher’s channel, not a live broadcast. Full-program completeness and regional access are not independently certified; provider availability may change.

Before Watching: A recorded cultural and historical conversation. This listing does not reproduce teachings or imply community endorsement of the site.

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Preview for Walking is Medicine

Walking is Medicine

Short Film · Documentary · 5m (NFB) · 2017

Whapmagoostui, Quebec, to Ottawa

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Young Cree Nishiyuu walkers travel from Whapmagoostui to Ottawa, meeting other Nations and carrying a call for connection and a new beginning.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: A long winter journey and efforts toward connection between Nations.

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Preview for Samuel Stanley: At The 2026 Indigenous Forum

Samuel Stanley: At The 2026 Indigenous Forum

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 5m 54s

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Cultural Survival interviews San delegate Samuel Stanley at the 2026 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. A recorded delegate conversation in the context of Indigenous rights and cultural continuity.

Interview with Samuel Stanley (San), produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San); published by Cultural Survival.

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Before Watching: Recorded 2026 forum interview, not a live broadcast. Specific policy positions, formal office and resulting outcomes are not established by the brief publisher description.

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Preview for Trick or Treaty?

Trick or Treaty?

Full Film · Documentary · 1h 24m (NFB) · 2014

Treaty 9 territory, northern Ontario

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Alanis Obomsawin follows Treaty 9 communities asserting their rights, examining the differences between Crown interpretations and Cree understandings of sharing land.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Conflicting treaty interpretations, colonial policy and struggles over land and sovereignty.

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Preview for Detention

Detention

Short Film · Animation · 37s (NFB) · 2017

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An animated critique of immigration detention asks what borders mean when children are held behind walls.

Directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, David Seitz.

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Before Watching: Child detention and immigration confinement.

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Preview for The Federal Court Hearing

The Federal Court Hearing

Short Film · Documentary · 19m (NFB) · 2012

Attawapiskat First Nation; federal court

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Alanis Obomsawin records Attawapiskat's April 2012 court challenge to imposed financial management during its housing crisis.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Inadequate housing, imposed administration and a legal challenge documented in 2012.

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Preview for Hipster Headdress

Hipster Headdress

Short Film · Animation · 40s (NFB) · 2017

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Amanda Strong's brief animated satire confronts the use of Indigenous headdresses as a fashion accessory.

Directed by Amanda Strong.

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Before Watching: Satirical treatment of cultural appropriation.

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Preview for The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

Short Film · Documentary · 6m (NFB) · 2012

Attawapiskat, northern Ontario

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Returning to Attawapiskat after her earlier film, Alanis Obomsawin documents housing conditions six months later and residents' determination to build a better future.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Historical housing crisis, overcrowding, homelessness and unsuitable relief homes.

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Preview for I Like Girls

I Like Girls

Short Film · Animation · 8m (NFB) · 2016

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Four women recall discovering their attraction to women in Diane Obomsawin's animated account of first love, self-knowledge and desire.

Directed by Diane Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Animated discussions of sexuality, desire and intimate relationships.

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Preview for Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes (Cree-English Subtitled Version)

Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes (Cree-English Subtitled Version)

Full Film · Animation · 1h 12m (NFB) · 2011

Fictional Cree community in northern Saskatchewan

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In this animated story, Talon and Raven respond differently when their family may leave their Cree community, then work together to keep their relationships intact.

Directed by Dennis Jackson.

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Before Watching: Fictional family relocation and children's worries about separation.

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Preview for Ballads Not Bullets: Tom Jackson

Ballads Not Bullets: Tom Jackson

Short Film · Documentary · 6m (NFB) · 2014

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Tom Jackson reflects on using music and public recognition to respond to poverty and homelessness, making artistic work a means of giving back.

Directed by Marie Clements.

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Before Watching: Poverty, homelessness and community support through music.

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Preview for Round Up

Round Up

Short Film · Documentary · 18m (NFB) · 2010

Kainai Nation, southern Alberta

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Pete Standing Alone's path toward Kainai cultural belonging leads to work with young people, repairing some of the disconnection caused by residential schools.

Directed by Narcisse Blood.

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Before Watching: Residential-school harms, cultural alienation and renewal.

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Preview for As I Am

As I Am

Short Film · Documentary · 4m (NFB) · 2010

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Nadia Myre sets Indigenous workers' portraits beside a poem by Janet Marie Rogers, challenging stereotypes and affirming pride in work and culture.

Directed by Nadia Myre.

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Before Watching: Workplace stereotypes and discrimination.

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Preview for Wapos Bay: Catch the Spirit (Cree-English Version)

Wapos Bay: Catch the Spirit (Cree-English Version)

Short Film · Animation · 21m (NFB) · 2010

Fictional Cree community in northern Saskatchewan

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In this stop-motion episode, Cree children at summer camp navigate pranks and rivalries before giving the adults a lesson of their own.

Episode directed by Dennis Jackson (NFB original-edition credit).

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Before Watching: Fictional pranks, conflict between children and summer-camp rivalry.

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Preview for Inkwo for When the Starving Return

Inkwo for When the Starving Return

Official Trailer · Animation · 2024

Indigenous futurist fiction adapted from a Richard Van Camp story

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In Amanda Strong's stop-motion futurist story, a genderfluid warrior draws on ancestral knowledge and unlikely alliances to confront creatures threatening life.

Film directed by Amanda Strong.

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Before Watching: Animated horror, flesh-eating creatures, violence and peril.

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Preview for Wapos Bay: Partic-inaction (Cree-English Version)

Wapos Bay: Partic-inaction (Cree-English Version)

Short Film · Animation · 22m (NFB) · 2010

Fictional Cree community in northern Saskatchewan

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A health campaign and a disrupted plane trip create parallel problems in this animated Wapos Bay episode, with children and adults needing to cooperate.

Episode directed by Trevor Cameron (NFB original-edition credit).

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Before Watching: Weight-stigma themes, aircraft trouble and characters stranded away from home.

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Preview for Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal

Short Film · Documentary · 4m (NFB) · 2020

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Darlene Naponse's portrait follows Tantoo Cardinal across roles and decades, reflecting on the barriers she challenged and the strength behind her work.

Directed by Darlene Naponse.

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Before Watching: A personal and professional account of barriers faced by an actress.

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Preview for Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again

Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again

Official Trailer · Documentary · 2025

Nechako River; Stellat'en and Saik'uz Nations, British Columbia

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Lyana Patrick follows Stellat'en and Saik'uz efforts to restore the Nechako River, connecting a dam's ecological effects with community testimony and resistance.

Film directed by Lyana Patrick.

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Before Watching: Environmental destruction, dam impacts and a legal struggle over water.

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Preview for John Kim Bell: Born to “Indspire”

John Kim Bell: Born to “Indspire”

Short Film · Documentary · 4m (NFB) · 2023

North America

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John Kim Bell recalls the experiences that led from performance to orchestral leadership and advocacy through the organization now known as Indspire.

Directed by Roxann Whitebean.

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Before Watching: A personal account of artistic work and Indigenous representation.

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Preview for Tomson Highway: kipimâtisinaw tapâhpeyahk

Tomson Highway: kipimâtisinaw tapâhpeyahk

Short Film · Documentary · 5m (NFB) · 2022

Gatineau, Quebec

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Cree writer and musician Tomson Highway shares family memories, humour and reasons for living, reflecting on music's power to connect people.

Directed by Barry Bilinsky.

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Before Watching: Family memory, personal reflection and artistic life.

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Preview for Florent Vollant: I Dream in Innu

Florent Vollant: I Dream in Innu

Short Film · Documentary · 5m (NFB) · 2021

Innu lands and language

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Florent Vollant's music carries the Innu language, connecting its continued presence with land, water, forests and caribou.

Directed by Nicolas Renaud.

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Before Watching: Cultural continuity and pressures affecting caribou and land.

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Preview for ƛaʔuukʷiatḥ Dugout Canoe

ƛaʔuukʷiatḥ Dugout Canoe

Short Film · Documentary · 10m (NFB) · 2021

Clayoquot Sound; Tla-o-qui-aht

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Carver Joe Martin reflects on his past as a logger while renewing Tla-o-qui-aht canoe-making knowledge and artistic practice.

Directed by Steven Davies.

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Before Watching: Logging, personal reflection and publicly shared canoe-making practice.

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Preview for Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics

Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics

Short Film · Animation · 19m (NFB) · 2021

Métis storytelling

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Terril Calder's stop-motion story follows a Métis child's struggle with abuse and religious shame, finding strength through teachings that affirm her dignity.

Directed by Terril Calder.

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Before Watching: Child abuse, religious shame, fear of punishment and dark animated imagery.

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Nbisiing

Short Film · Documentary · 4m (NFB) · 2020

North Bay and Toronto, Ontario

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During the pandemic, Cole Forrest returns from Toronto to North Bay, looking to water, land and ancestral connections while facing uncertainty and fear.

Directed by Cole Forrest.

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Before Watching: Pandemic fears, isolation and reconnection with community.

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Lake

Short Film · Documentary · 5m (NFB) · 2019

Northern Alberta

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Alexandra Lazarowich observes Métis women net fishing in northern Alberta, shaping a contemporary portrait of work and relationships on the water.

Directed by Alexandra Lazarowich.

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Before Watching: Net fishing and animal use.

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Woman Dress

Short Film · Documentary · 6m (NFB) · 2019

The Plains

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Theo Jean Cuthand shares a family oral story about a Two Spirit storyteller travelling the Plains, combining archival images with dramatized scenes.

Directed by Theo Jean Cuthand.

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Before Watching: Historical oral storytelling includes dramatized re-enactments and discussion of colonial gender binaries.

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The Ballad of Crowfoot

Short Film · Documentary · 10m (NFB) · 1968

Siksika and the Blackfoot Confederacy

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Willie Dunn combines his ballad with archival images to revisit colonial betrayal through the life of Crowfoot, the Siksika leader involved in Treaty 7.

Directed by Willie Dunn.

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Before Watching: Colonial betrayal and historical archival images.

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You Are on Indian Land

Short Film · Documentary · 36m (NFB) · 1969

Akwesasne; Ontario and New York border

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Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell documents Akwesasne's 1969 bridge protest, placing Mohawk voices at the centre of a conflict over cross-border passage.

Directed by Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell.

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Before Watching: Historical protest, police confrontation and scenes of violence.

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Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole

Full Film · Documentary · 1h 10m (NFB) · 2003

Haisla community, British Columbia; Stockholm, Sweden

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Gil Cardinal follows Haisla efforts to reclaim the G'psgolox pole from a Stockholm museum, asking who controls cultural belongings and what returning them means.

Directed by Gil Cardinal.

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Before Watching: Cultural dispossession, a mortuary pole and contested museum ownership.

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Hands of History

Full Film · Documentary · 51m (NFB) · 1994

Indigenous women artists in Canada

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Four Indigenous women artists speak about their lives and practices in Loretta Todd's portrait of creativity, connecting inherited knowledge with contemporary expression.

Directed by Loretta Todd.

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Before Watching: Personal accounts of artistic practice and cultural continuity.

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No Address

Full Film · Documentary · 55m (NFB) · 1988

Montreal; First Nations and Inuit people

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First Nations and Inuit people living without housing in Montreal describe their own paths and circumstances in Alanis Obomsawin's account of urban life and colonial harm.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Homelessness and assimilation; discussions of sex work and drug use; strong language.

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My Name Is Kahentiiosta

Short Film · Documentary · 29m (NFB) · 1995

Kahnawake; the 1990 Oka standoff

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Alanis Obomsawin centres Kahentiiosta's detention after the 1990 Oka standoff, when a Quebec prosecutor would not accept her Indigenous name.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Armed standoff, arrest and detention; denial of an Indigenous name.

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Incident at Restigouche

Full Film · Documentary · 45m (NFB) · 1984

Restigouche, Quebec; Mi'kmaq salmon-fishing rights

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Alanis Obomsawin documents the 1981 police raids at Restigouche and Mi'kmaq resistance to fishing restrictions, challenging a government minister about the salmon-rights conflict.

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

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Before Watching: Police raids and a historical struggle over fishing rights. NFB advises viewer discretion.

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Foster Child

Full Film · Documentary · 43m (NFB) · 1987

Canada; Gil Cardinal's Métis family history

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Gil Cardinal searches for his biological mother and the reasons for their separation, making his own Métis family history the centre of a documentary about removal and belonging.

Directed by Gil Cardinal.

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Before Watching: Child removal, family separation and a search for a biological parent.

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Finding Dawn

Full Film · Documentary · 1h 13m (NFB) · 2006

Vancouver, northern British Columbia and Saskatoon, Canada

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Christine Welsh follows stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women from Vancouver to northern British Columbia and Saskatoon, centring lives too often reduced to statistics.

Directed by Christine Welsh.

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Before Watching: Historical accounts of missing and murdered Indigenous women, grief and violence.

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Birgejupmi: A Cinematic Essay By Three Voices

Short Film · Other Format · 15m 51s

Sápmi: Árjepluovve/Arjeplog, Ađevuopmi/Idivuoma and Skeavvonjárga/Sjånes, as named by the publisher.

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Three Sámi knowledge holders explore birgejupmi through reindeer herding, coastal fishing and duodji, connecting everyday livelihoods with reciprocal responsibilities to land, resources and future generations.

Produced by The Saami Council and Suoma Sámiid Guovddášsearvi. Project managers/directors Karin Nutti Pilflykt and Fanny Larsson-Auna; cinematography and editing by Balva Media. Featuring Anna Maria Fjellström, Elsa Labba Idivuoma and Inge Arne Eriksen.

The producer identifies this as the full cinematic essay, approximately 16 minutes; the exact official upload is 15m 51s. Its three chapter edits are not counted separately. Provider access and regional restrictions may change.

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Seeds And Indigenous Peoples

Short Film · Documentary · 14m 32s

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AIPP’s documentary explores seeds as food, knowledge and cultural continuity, considering Indigenous seed banking amid climate pressures. These film sources do not identify specific locations.

Published by Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact. Individual filmmaker credits are not established by the retained source description.

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Before Watching: The publisher presents this documentary for viewing. It has not been compared with a release master or independently reviewed in full. No specific country or community is inferred from the publisher’s location.

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The Next Cultural Guardians

Recorded Program · Recorded Talk · 96m 26s

South and Southeast Asia; recorded online event, August 9, 2021.

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Indigenous youth discuss cultural loss and the work of carrying culture forward in South and Southeast Asia. A recorded conversation organized by AIYP, The Tuyang Initiative and UNESCO Bangkok in 2021.

Organized by Asia Indigenous Youth Platform, The Tuyang Initiative and UNESCO Bangkok; uploaded by Asia Indigenous Youth Platform and embedded by AIPP. Individual speaker credits are not supplied in the retained description.

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Before Watching: A recorded 2021 online event, not a live broadcast or a current assessment of every participating community. Complete-program viewing and caption accuracy have not been independently verified.

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AIPP: A Journey Of Self-Determination

Recorded Program · Other Format · 5m 57s

Indigenous organizing across Asia.

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AIPP tells its own story of regional organizing for Indigenous self-determination, land rights and young leadership across Asia. A short organizational account of its movement and aspirations.

Published by Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact. Individual filmmaker credits are not supplied in the retained source description.

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Before Watching: An organization’s own historical and advocacy account. Descriptions of achievements and influence remain attributed to AIPP, not independently measured outcomes. Its webpage date and later YouTube upload date are separate events.

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Karata Community And Territorial Management

Recorded Program · Other Format · 6m 58s

Karata community; country and community affiliation are not established by these film sources.

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A CADPI and Tebtebba programme introduces Karata’s territorial-management system, with support from Tamalpais Trust.

A video project of CADPI and Tebtebba, with support from Tamalpais Trust; published by Tebtebba.

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Before Watching: Specific community identity, country and present territorial or legal status are left unverified rather than inferred. The source-linked official programme is retained without a country label.

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The Sulagad System

Recorded Program · Other Format · 17m 25s

Teduray and Lambangian communities, Mindanao, southern Philippines.

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Tebtebba presents Teduray and Lambangian agriculture in Mindanao, exploring relationships between plants, animals and community food sovereignty. An account of Sulagad from an Indigenous peoples’ organization.

Produced by Tebtebba, with support from Pawanka Fund.

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Before Watching: The programme presents a community agricultural system. Claims about biodiversity and food sovereignty are attributed to the producer, not independently measured environmental outcomes or universal farming advice.

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Beyond The Screen

Research · Restoration · Education

Colorado: Truth And Restoration

People of the Sacred Land publishes its Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission reports on Colorado history and its recommendations for restoration. Read the research and the organization's own framing.

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Education That Continues

People of the Sacred Land shares curriculum and virtual learning materials about American Indian history. These resources offer another way to stay with the subject beyond a film.

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How We Curate

Attention With Responsibility.

Distinct stories, official sources and honest viewing notes. No film stands for every Nation.

Read Our Curation And Historical Context

We read official filmmaker, publisher and community sources before adding a title. Credits, source-check dates and viewing limits remain with each story. Inclusion is not an endorsement by a Nation, independent verification of every statement or a claim that the full recording was watched for this collection.

Trailers, excerpts and recorded presentations are labeled. Official viewing pages may require payment, an account or access from a particular country. Availability can change. Videos remain with their authorized providers; ZOTHEOS does not copy or host them.

History In Context

The collection includes the official Daughter of a Lost Bird excerpt on Indigenous adoption. Its child-removal percentage is historical testimony about research before the Indian Child Welfare Act, not a present-day removal rate. Read NICWA’s Historical Context.

This growing collection is incomplete. Corrections, living cultures, community-led restoration and careful source review guide its growth.

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