September 23, 2021
Must-See Indigenous Films
To commemorate the first annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation we have compiled a list of films dealing with a range of Indigenous experiences as recommended by Indigenous DGC Directors. Watch these films to support Indigenous filmmakers or gain insight into First Nations, Métis and Inuit perspectives and experiences from across Canada and the world, from the United States to the Philippines.
Angry Inuk, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, 2016
Stream on Amazon Prime
Watch on CBC Gem (1 hour version)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Zacharias Kunuk, 2001
Watch on nfb.ca with CAMPUS subscription
Beans, Tracey Deer, 2020
Watch DGC Visionaries - Beans - Featuring Director Tracey Deer
Black Robe, Bruce Beresford, 1991
Rent on Apple TV
Blood Quantum, Jeff Barnaby, 2019
Watch DGC Masterclass Featuring DGC Director Jeff Barnaby
Rent on Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube and Google Play
Brother, I Cry, Jessie Anthony, 2020
Jessie Anthony on Directors.ca
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Yves Simoneau, 2007
Stream on Crave
Empire of Dirt, Peter Stebbings, 2013
Falls Around Her, Darlene Naponse, 2018
Stream on Amazon Prime
Foster Child, Gil Cardinal, 1987
Stream on nfb.ca
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, 2021
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers on Directors.ca
Watch DGC Visionaries x Hot Docs & Doxa - Featuring Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen, Hepi Mita, 2018
Stream on Netflix
Monkey Beach, Loretta Todd, 2020
Watch DGC Visionaries - Monkey Beach - Loretta Todd
Stream on Crave
Night Raiders, Danis Goulet, 2021
Watch DGC Visionaries - Night Raiders - Featuring Danis Goulet
Get your tickets now to watch at VIFF and imagineNative
Nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up, Tasha Hubbard, 2019
On The Ice, Andrew Okpeaha Maclean, 2011
Rent on Apple TV
Once Were Warriors, Lee Tamahori, 1994
Rent on Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk, Zacharias Kunuk, 2019
Rent on Apple TV
Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Jeff Barnaby, 2003
Stream on Crave & Rent on Apple TV
Richard Cardinal: Cry from the Diary of a Metis Child, Alanis Obomsawin, 1986
Run Woman Run, Zoe Leigh Hopkins, 2021
Get your tickets now to watch at imagineNative
Savage, Sam Kelly, 2019
Rent on Youtube
Searchers (Maliglutit), Zacharias Kunu & Natar Ungalaaq, 2016
Stream on Crave
Smoke Signals, Chris Eyre, 1998
Rent on Google Play
The Ballad of Crowfoot, Willie Dunn, 1968
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Kathleen Hepburn & Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, 2019
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers on Directors.ca
Kathleen Hepburn on Directors.ca
Watch DGC Visionaries x Hot Docs & Doxa - Featuring Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Rent on Apple TV
The Dead Lands, Toa Fraser, 2014
Rent on Apple TV
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw, Shelley Niro, 2019
Stream on Amazon Prime
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, Norman Cohn & Zacharias Kunuk, 2006
Stream on Amazon Prime
The Road Forward, Marie Clements, 2017
Marie Clements on Directors.ca
Stream on Amazon Prime
Three Thousand, Asinnajaq, 2017
Through Black Spruce, Don McKellar, 2018
Stream on Amazon Prime
Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, 2011
Watch a Q&A with Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Wildhood, Bretten Hannam, 2021
Watch DGC Visionaries - Wildhood - Featuring Bretten Hannam
Get your tickets now to watch at VIFF
films dealing with a range of Indigenous experiences
