Indigenous cinemas
Perspectives from Indigenous documentary filmmakers.
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The First Indigenous Female Pornographer
The First Indigenous Female Pornographer
Duration: 13 minutes_The First Indigenous Female Pornographer_ centers on Audrey Little-breast, a native woman whose life and work defies categorization. During a candid interview, she unravels the mysterious settler desire and sexual appetite for “imaginary Indians” that guided her pornographic work in the 1970s and contemplates its impact on Indigenous sexuality. This mockumentary blends and bends archival foota...
Ch'ul be, Sacred Path
_Ch'ul be_ delves into the Tzotzil sacred path, exploring ancient collective commitments that sustain the cycle of life in the community. In San Andrés Larráinzar, everyone is responsible for the collective well-being, but few are chosen to follow the path of serving the gods. _Ch'ul be_ is the path of Martha and Diego, and of Román and his son Tino. It is a journey from the everyday to the div...
Mom
Filmmaker Xun Sero grew up as a Tzotzil Mexican among the sacredness of the Virgin of Guadalupe and Mother Earth. As the son of a single mother, he grew up between mockery for not having a father and blaming his mother for it. _Mom_ is a dialogue between a mother and a son who explore their contradictions, who know and recognize each other, and reflect on the perpetuation of naturalized violence.
Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin
A mother is doing household chores while her daughter is playing carefree. A voice-over talks to her own mother, sharing happy and painful memories and awakening deep wounds passed down from generation to generation.
Nin Kamashitshet : The Fighter
Nin Kamashitshet : The Fighter
Duration: 12 minutesAndré-Charles found in boxing much more than just a sport. This short film traces his inspiring journey and celebrates the passion that helps him overcome life's challenges.
Nin mak Celine Dion (Me and Celine Dion)
Nin mak Celine Dion (Me and Celine Dion)
Duration: 10 minutesSimeon Malec loves his life in Nutashkuan and talks about identity and values.
Where The River Widens
Inspired by the friendship and the work of fishermen, Zack Greenleaf sings the mig'mag culture of his Gesgapegiag village, "where the river widens.”
OrHoDa
Along the Amur River, mountains abound with mysterious lively treasures. The gifts of the sky were only visible to those who honor the powers that flow through the vast taiga. To find what human desires, ritual offerings to the mountain’s guardian spirits must be properly performed. But most importantly, one must face the gods with a serene, translucent heart. An animated reinterpretation of an...
Spirit Emulsion
A woman's connection to her mother in the spirit world reactivates Taíno culture and presence, revealing a realm unseen. Meanwhile, amidst a backdrop of flowers everywhere, an ancestral act of sovereignty extends into the future. Filmed on Super 8 and developed by hand with plant medicines and botanicals, Spirit Emulsion evokes a language for Taíno filmmaking in relationship to the earth and co...
My Father's Tools
Taking a cinéma-vérité approach, filmmaker Heather Condo simply documents the art of weaving black ash rib baskets, a tradition handed down from generation to generation. With no voice-over or dialogue, the film focuses on the work of the director's partner, Stephen Jerome, his talent and the attention to detail involved in making these baskets. The result is both a physical and spiritual exper...
Nothing About Moccasins
There's not going to be a film about moccasins. That's how the director's grandmother decided to respond to her granddaughter's project. The film will be about transmission, but without giving away secrets that don't belong to us.
Tshiuetin
_Tshiuetin_ means “north wind” in the Innu language. As the name of the train line that extends 132.5 miles from Emeril (Labrador) to Schefferville (Quebec), it is an emblem of this northern area and also symbolizes the positive impact of the company on aboriginal communities in the region. Since 2005, ownership of Tshiuetin Railway Inc. has been held with pride by a group of First Nations. Thi...
We Are Speaking Our Language Again
We Are Speaking Our Language Again
A look into the efforts of a small group of people as they fight to keep their language alive via the Tahltan Language Revitalization Program in Northern British Columbia.
Medicine Walker
Among the First Nations of Canada there are still those who know the old songs, the ancient trails where the strong medicine grows, and how to gather and use it in healing ways. Dr.Dale Auger is a remarkable Cree artist, educator, and medicine man, and our host. Medicine walks in the rich boreal forest of the northern Alberta Cree, as well as with the Haida on their enchanted north Pacific arch...
determiNATION songs
In determiNATION songs three Indigenous artists (CerAmony, Cheri Maracle and Samian) use voice, rhythms, samples and guitar riffs to cut through big ‘P’ politics in order to reveal a vibrant native music scene while exposing the realities and struggles of their communities. As resistance grows across these Indigenous lands, this film about music, art and politics pulls First Nations stories fro...
Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century
Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century
Price: CAD$3.00Ulivia explores the possibilities offered by the Internet in relationship to Inuktitut, a complex language with several dialects that vary from one generation to the next and that is threatened by the dominant colonial languages. Is the Internet an ally or an adversary?
ôtênaw
*ôtênaw* is a film documenting the oral storytelling of Dwayne Donald, an educator from Treaty 6, Edmonton Canada. Drawing from nêhiyawak philosophies, he speaks about the multilayered histories of Indigenous peoples' presence both within and around amiskwacîwâskahikan, or what has come to be known as the city of Edmonton.
The First Indigenous Female Pornographer
The First Indigenous Female Pornographer
Duration: 13 minutes_The First Indigenous Female Pornographer_ centers on Audrey Little-breast, a native woman whose life and work defies categorization. During a candid interview, she unravels the mysterious settler desire and sexual appetite for “imaginary Indians” that guided her pornographic work in the 1970s and contemplates its impact on Indigenous sexuality. This mockumentary blends and bends archival foota...
Ch'ul be, Sacred Path
_Ch'ul be_ delves into the Tzotzil sacred path, exploring ancient collective commitments that sustain the cycle of life in the community. In San Andrés Larráinzar, everyone is responsible for the collective well-being, but few are chosen to follow the path of serving the gods. _Ch'ul be_ is the path of Martha and Diego, and of Román and his son Tino. It is a journey from the everyday to the div...
Mom
Filmmaker Xun Sero grew up as a Tzotzil Mexican among the sacredness of the Virgin of Guadalupe and Mother Earth. As the son of a single mother, he grew up between mockery for not having a father and blaming his mother for it. _Mom_ is a dialogue between a mother and a son who explore their contradictions, who know and recognize each other, and reflect on the perpetuation of naturalized violence.
Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin
A mother is doing household chores while her daughter is playing carefree. A voice-over talks to her own mother, sharing happy and painful memories and awakening deep wounds passed down from generation to generation.
Nin Kamashitshet : The Fighter
Nin Kamashitshet : The Fighter
Duration: 12 minutesAndré-Charles found in boxing much more than just a sport. This short film traces his inspiring journey and celebrates the passion that helps him overcome life's challenges.
Nin mak Celine Dion (Me and Celine Dion)
Nin mak Celine Dion (Me and Celine Dion)
Duration: 10 minutesSimeon Malec loves his life in Nutashkuan and talks about identity and values.
Where The River Widens
Inspired by the friendship and the work of fishermen, Zack Greenleaf sings the mig'mag culture of his Gesgapegiag village, "where the river widens.”
OrHoDa
Along the Amur River, mountains abound with mysterious lively treasures. The gifts of the sky were only visible to those who honor the powers that flow through the vast taiga. To find what human desires, ritual offerings to the mountain’s guardian spirits must be properly performed. But most importantly, one must face the gods with a serene, translucent heart. An animated reinterpretation of an...
Spirit Emulsion
A woman's connection to her mother in the spirit world reactivates Taíno culture and presence, revealing a realm unseen. Meanwhile, amidst a backdrop of flowers everywhere, an ancestral act of sovereignty extends into the future. Filmed on Super 8 and developed by hand with plant medicines and botanicals, Spirit Emulsion evokes a language for Taíno filmmaking in relationship to the earth and co...
My Father's Tools
Taking a cinéma-vérité approach, filmmaker Heather Condo simply documents the art of weaving black ash rib baskets, a tradition handed down from generation to generation. With no voice-over or dialogue, the film focuses on the work of the director's partner, Stephen Jerome, his talent and the attention to detail involved in making these baskets. The result is both a physical and spiritual exper...
Nothing About Moccasins
There's not going to be a film about moccasins. That's how the director's grandmother decided to respond to her granddaughter's project. The film will be about transmission, but without giving away secrets that don't belong to us.
Tshiuetin
_Tshiuetin_ means “north wind” in the Innu language. As the name of the train line that extends 132.5 miles from Emeril (Labrador) to Schefferville (Quebec), it is an emblem of this northern area and also symbolizes the positive impact of the company on aboriginal communities in the region. Since 2005, ownership of Tshiuetin Railway Inc. has been held with pride by a group of First Nations. Thi...
We Are Speaking Our Language Again
We Are Speaking Our Language Again
A look into the efforts of a small group of people as they fight to keep their language alive via the Tahltan Language Revitalization Program in Northern British Columbia.
Medicine Walker
Among the First Nations of Canada there are still those who know the old songs, the ancient trails where the strong medicine grows, and how to gather and use it in healing ways. Dr.Dale Auger is a remarkable Cree artist, educator, and medicine man, and our host. Medicine walks in the rich boreal forest of the northern Alberta Cree, as well as with the Haida on their enchanted north Pacific arch...
determiNATION songs
In determiNATION songs three Indigenous artists (CerAmony, Cheri Maracle and Samian) use voice, rhythms, samples and guitar riffs to cut through big ‘P’ politics in order to reveal a vibrant native music scene while exposing the realities and struggles of their communities. As resistance grows across these Indigenous lands, this film about music, art and politics pulls First Nations stories fro...
Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century
Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century
Price: CAD$3.00Ulivia explores the possibilities offered by the Internet in relationship to Inuktitut, a complex language with several dialects that vary from one generation to the next and that is threatened by the dominant colonial languages. Is the Internet an ally or an adversary?
ôtênaw
*ôtênaw* is a film documenting the oral storytelling of Dwayne Donald, an educator from Treaty 6, Edmonton Canada. Drawing from nêhiyawak philosophies, he speaks about the multilayered histories of Indigenous peoples' presence both within and around amiskwacîwâskahikan, or what has come to be known as the city of Edmonton.
