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Indigenous(en)

A group of five American friends on the cusp of adulthood travel to Panama to relax and reconnect. They befriend a local woman in their hotel bar—and despite some ominous whispers—she goes against the specific instructions of her brother and brings the Americans on a daytrip into the pristine falls at the nearby jungle. What begins as an innocent outing to a picturesque waterfall quickly turns terrifying after she suddenly goes missing. As night closes in, the friends realize too late the truth behind the rumors—the legendary, blood-sucking Chupacabra is now stalking them.

The Time of the Earth. Indigenous Stories(es)

Four short native stories reflect, with the rich colors and textures of stop-motion, the deep ancestral wisdom contained in simple moments of everyday life.

The turning point - the environmental stuggle that became indigenous affairs(no)

Personal accounts from the Alta actions in the years 1979 to 1981. Large police forces were deployed against the demonstrators. The dispute over the Alta river began as an environmental issue, but became a major turning point for the Sámi people's struggle for equal rights in Norway.

Indigenous Malice(es)

Alvaro Rodriguez, an old swindler, owes a lot of money to a dangerous moneylender. To pay off the debt, he proposes to the man, who is also his boss, to finance one of his businesses. In the end, the 'indigenous malice' wins out and he ends up cheating his boss.

Indigenous villages at risk(en)

Indigenous villages at risk is an ethnographic documentary whose central purpose is to show the direct testimonies of people from nine indigenous villages, who have lived directly transformations of their cultures, some agreed upon by their communities, but many others without consensus. The statements contained in this documentary shows many facets of everyday life, culture and the problems faced by indigenous people, and bring out their strengths and their joy of life while showing, with clear evidence, the difficulties that arise for cultural strengthening of their communities. The video is divided into three parts and each features three different villages: Identity, Territory and Integrity.

Indigenous Police(no)

Three Sámi men travel to the capital of Norway. One of them is wearing gákti, the Sámi traditional costume, to attract Norwegian women. The second one believes it unethical to do this, and the third is bitter that he doesn't attract women when he wears the gákti. Indigenous Police is a Sámi short film told with humor and political sting. It is an identity satire about how people, both the Sámi and the majority population, consciously and unconsciously define what is the right way to be Sámi.

Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan(ja)

The Ainu are the indigenous people of Japan. Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, was previously called Ainumosir, or land of the Ainu. Ainu traditions are facing a critical situation; the latest survey revealed that the Ainu population is less than 20,000 people in Hokkaido, and UNESCO has recognized the language as ‘critically endangered.’ This documentary was filmed in Biratori town in Hokkaido, where many people with Ainu roots still live. It is also known as the hometown of the late Shigeru Kayano, who contributed greatly to the field of research on Ainu culture.

Indigenous Peoples(zh)

Made at the height of political censorship in Taiwan, Indigenous Peoples traces the emergence of the Return Our Lands movement in the late 1980s.

2nd Congress of Indigenous Peoples(es)

Short documentary about the 2nd Congress of Indigenous Peoples

GRIN - Rural Indigenous Guard(pt)

A Maxakali filmmaker brings out memories about the formation of the Indigenous Rural Guard (Grin) during the military dictatorship in Brazil, with reports of violence suffered by their relatives.

Of Indigenous Appearance(es)

The "affluent and white" society of Chiapas has historically marginalized the region's indigenous communities. This systemic bias often results in crimes being wrongfully attributed to individuals with indigenous features, based solely on descriptions in official reports. Consequently, the police frequently detain people from these communities without proper evidence

Indigenous Summer in Geneva(en)

A documentary following Indigenous struggles in the Americas and the pursuit for audience at the United Nations.

The Foundation: Indigenous Hip Hop in Canada(en)

Artists such as Drezus, Ostwelve, Hellnback, Kinnie Starr and Snotty Nose Rez Kids explore the meaning of Indigenous Hip Hop and the connections between the music and their cultures.

Travel Oz - Indigenous Australia & National Parks(en)

Capture the beauty of Australia's National Parks and Aboriginal Australians. They are Australia’s first known inhabitants whose ancestry date back 40,000 years. We take a fascinating look at a culture that lives in harmony with the land. Discover their ancient ceremonies and rituals, visit Kakadu and hunt for bush tucker. Be amazed by mysterious rock paintings in the Kimberley’s caves and witness the colourful Melanesian lifestyle of the Torres Strait Islanders. We travel to some of Australia's most popular National Parks, from the lushest rainforests to the deep outback and beyond. Like a living museum of the evolution of Australian flora, these National Parks reveal their amazing secrets. We visit the Tropical Daintree, the diverse Kakadu, Gondwana Rainforest, Lamington National Park and more.

RELAW: Living Indigenous Laws(en)

For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples have governed their territories according to their own laws – safeguarding land, air, water and communities to sustain their cultures and economies. Drawing on the lessons learned over two decades of work with Indigenous peoples on Indigenous law-based approaches to land use planning, impact assessment and other aspects of environmental governance, in 2016 West Coast launched the RELAW program (Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water).

Know Your Place: Reflections of the Indigenous City(en)

Director Kamala Todd reflects on the land she is occupying and notions of livability.

Indigenous people of Car Nicobar Island in the Andaman Archipelago(en)

This documentation explores anthropologically various nuances of Car Nicobar tribes within the geographical settings of the Nicobar. It provides a rare view of the lesser known life style, belief system rituals practices festivals and livelihood patterns and traces the oral traditions mythology, costumes and dialect of the Car Nicobarese. The documentary highlights the vernacular style and architecture including the indigenous beehive like thickly thatched huts with afo grass and traditional structural geometry. The film explores the Betal and Coconut production as an economic activity within an overall fame work of ecology and associated folklore.

Tekoha: Images fallen from a state scandal - Long Live the Struggle of the Indigenous People(en)

Burnings of a family home (by farmer security guards; September 2021) and a prayer house (by members of a Pentecostal church; December 2021), recordings on video by the Guarani Kaiowá people.

In Future We Believe - Indigenous Artists Now(de)

Indigenous: Live(en)

With an electrifying sound and a spirit of activism, Native American blues rock band Indigenous present live concerts from Chicago and Denver that include songs such as "Seven Steps Away," "Blues from the Sky," and "Baby What You Want Me to Do." Descended from the Sioux Nation and raised in South Dakota, this family of musicians incorporates powerful, politically conscious messages into their lively songs.