Indigenous & Native Studies Films
Documentary and narrative films by and about Indigenous peoples of North America, Central America, South America, and the Pacific. Our collection centers Indigenous perspectives on sovereignty, land rights, cultural preservation, and resistance. Films address tribal nation governance, environmental justice, language revitalization, urban Indigenous communities, and the ongoing impacts of colonization. Featured titles: “The Couple in the Cage”, “Living Quechua”, “Mohawk Nation”. Available for theatrical screening, educational licensing, and archival licensing.
Living Quechua
One Peruvian woman’s mission to revive her indigenous language becomes an inspiration for Quechua speakers, a historically marginalized community in New York City.
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La Cocina de las Patronas
Day after day, for over 20 years, a group of women in Mexico, prepare and give meals to Central American migrants who travel atop La Bestia, a U.S.-bound freight train.
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The # 7 Train: An Immigrant Journey
Every day 500,000 people from 117 different countries ride a subway that runs from Flushing to Times Square, going through Queens, the most culturally diverse region in the United States.
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Mohawk Nation
In 1974, a group of Mohawks reoccupied a part of their ancestral land and proclaimed it Ganienkeh.
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If You Could Walk In My Shoes
IF YOU COULD WALK IN MY SHOES documents the struggle of an Ecuadorian-American family as they transforms their lives from workers to business owners.
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Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds, and Sovereignty
In Moloka’I, a group of Hawaiian residents oppose the biotech industry's use of their land to test genetically engineered seeds and work to restore ancient Hawaiian farming practices.
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Tongues of Heaven
Four young indigenous women from Taiwan and Hawai’i share their questions, desires and challenges of learning the language of their forebears—languages that are endangered.
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War for Guam
The first public television documentary about the experience and impact of WWII on Guam, a US territory since 1898.
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Judith: Portrait of a Street Vendor
A street vendor, mother and activist from Guatemala makes $40 a day in New york City, one of the wealthiest cities in the world.
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A Letter for My Grandson (Una Carta Para Mi Nieto/Ma qilqa allchijataki)
Aymara filmmaker Lourdes Rivas fears that her sole grandson will forget their Indigenous language and tradition.
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Ch‘alla of the Earth (Ch'alla de la tierra)
A visit to the Challa Grande community, an ayllu, in the Cochabamba region. Felicia, a young Quechua woman, examines the characteristics and significance of her ayllu's traditional clothing.
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Conquering Fear a.k.a. Overcoming Fear
An empowering fiction film about women’s property rights and domestic violence.
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Angels of the Earth, The
In his first trip to the city, Sinchi faces deceit, violence and rejection from strangers and from his long lost brother, Antonio.
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The Amerindians
In this documentary, filmmaker Tracy Assing makes a personal exploration of her roots as a member of the Santa Rosa Carib Community based in Arima.
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To Light the Spirit
Aymara filmmaker Reynaldo Yujra follows the Kallawayas, healers and spiritual leaders of the Chari community of La Paz.
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Little Immigrants
LITTLE IMMIGRANTS is an insider's look into child smuggling captured from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Little Brother: The Fire Next Time (Chapter 4)
Young African Cherokees present a candid discussion on love, tribe, family, and race.
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Women and Men Are Good Dancers
Dancers from different Indigenous traditions perform "Women and Men are Good Dancers."
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Haircuts Hurt
A Native American woman and her young son encounter everyday racism when they visit a local barbershop.
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Finding D-QU: The Lonely Struggle of California's only Tribal College
In 2005, D-Q University, California’s only tribal college, was shut down after a 35-year struggle, but its supporters fight to hold on to a dream that was never fully realized.
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Encounter at the Intergalactic Café
A videotape of a live performance--a mythopoetic rendering of the original encounters between African, Indigenous and European peoples in the present day "border regions".
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Don't Get Sick After June: American Indian Healthcare
Feature-length documentary, uncovering the timely story of Indian healthcare and the Indian Health Service, told from the Native American prospective.
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Detour: Or How I Spent My Weekend
Two mismatched drifters, Jim and James, are on a voyage discovering the contours of homo/hetero, red/white, personal/political, textual/metatextual in an experimental narrative feast.
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Arctic Hip Hop
Capitalizing on the popularity of Hip-Hop, social worker and longtime B-boy Stephen Leafloor has been bringing positive Hip-Hop workshops to Northern Canada. 5 days, 2 cultures, 1 beat
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Our Word: The Story of San Francisco de Moxos
In this docudrama, elders of the San Francisco de Moxos community tell the story of the courageous pioneers who founded their village in the Bolivian Amazons and the indigenous “cabildo”, or neighborhood council, that defended their territory from the influence of outsiders, or “carayanas”.
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A 1994 Video Book
Beverly Singer from the Santa Clara Tewa Pueblo muses aloud about history, personal and national, marks moments of regret and of insight in her life.
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