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

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Stream on Amazon Prime

Watch on CBC Gem (1 hour version)

Buy on nfb.ca

 

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Zacharias Kunuk, 2001

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Watch on nfb.ca with CAMPUS subscription

Rent on YouTube

 

Beans, Tracey Deer, 2020

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Tracey Deer on Directors.ca

Watch DGC Visionaries - Beans - Featuring Director Tracey Deer

 

Black Robe, Bruce Beresford, 1991

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Rent on Apple TV

 

Blood Quantum, Jeff Barnaby, 2019

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Jeff Barnaby on Directors.ca

Watch DGC Masterclass Featuring DGC Director Jeff Barnaby

Rent on Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube and Google Play

 

Brother, I Cry, Jessie Anthony, 2020

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Jessie Anthony on Directors.ca

 

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Yves Simoneau, 2007

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 Stream on Crave

 

Empire of Dirt, Peter Stebbings, 2013

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Falls Around Her, Darlene Naponse, 2018

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 Stream on Amazon Prime

 

Foster Child, Gil Cardinal, 1987

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Stream on nfb.ca

 

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, 2021

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Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers on Directors.ca

Watch DGC Visionaries x Hot Docs & Doxa - Featuring Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Coming soon on nfb.ca

 

Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen, Hepi Mita, 2018

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Stream on Netflix

 

Monkey Beach, Loretta Todd, 2020

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Loretta Todd on Directors.ca

Watch DGC Visionaries - Monkey Beach - Loretta Todd

Stream on Crave

 

Night Raiders, Danis Goulet, 2021

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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

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Stream on nfb.ca

 

On The Ice, Andrew Okpeaha Maclean, 2011

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 Rent on Apple TV

 

 Once Were Warriors, Lee Tamahori, 1994

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Rent on Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube

 

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk, Zacharias Kunuk, 2019

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Rent on Apple TV

 

Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Jeff Barnaby, 2003

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Stream on Crave & Rent on Apple TV

 

Richard Cardinal: Cry from the Diary of a Metis Child, Alanis Obomsawin, 1986

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Stream on nfb.ca

 

Run Woman Run, Zoe Leigh Hopkins, 2021

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Get your tickets now to watch at imagineNative

 

Savage, Sam Kelly, 2019

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Rent on Youtube

 

Searchers (Maliglutit), Zacharias Kunu & Natar Ungalaaq, 2016

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Smoke Signals, Chris Eyre, 1998

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Rent on Google Play

 

The Ballad of Crowfoot, Willie Dunn, 1968

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Watch on nfb.ca

 

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Kathleen Hepburn & Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, 2019

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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

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Rent on Apple TV

 

The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw, Shelley Niro, 2019

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Stream on Amazon Prime

 

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, Norman Cohn & Zacharias Kunuk, 2006

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Stream on Amazon Prime

 

The Road Forward, Marie Clements, 2017

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Marie Clements on Directors.ca

Stream on Amazon Prime

 

Three Thousand, Asinnajaq, 2017

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Stream on nfb.ca

 

Through Black Spruce, Don McKellar, 2018

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Stream on Amazon Prime

 

Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, 2011

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Watch a Q&A with Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

 

Wildhood, Bretten Hannam, 2021

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Watch DGC Visionaries - Wildhood - Featuring Bretten Hannam

Get your tickets now to watch at VIFF

 

 

 

films dealing with a range of Indigenous experiences