Global Indigenous

11 movies  

Night Raiders (2021) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Night Raiders
director: Danis Goulet actor: 阿曼达·普拉莫 / Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
other title: 夜袭者 / 나이트 레이더스
The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are property of the State. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get her daughter back. Night Raiders is a female-driven dystopian drama about resilience, courage and love.
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
director: Jeff Barnaby actor: 罗丝安妮·休佩诺特
other title: 年轻食尸鬼的赞歌 / 药头少女大逃杀(台)
Red Crow Mi'gMaq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every Indian child under the age of 18 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the crow, that means imprisonment at St. Dymphna's. That means being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the school.
The Rocket Boy (2010) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Rocket Boy
A young boy's limitless imagination creates a dilemma in distinguishing between reality and dreams. Shot on a budget of 600 dollars. Shot with a Mini DV HD camera, (JVC HD GY-100U) and completed in 3 months. This film was showcased at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and also viewed in smaller venues around the country.
Mekko (2015) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Mekko
director: Sterlin Harjo actor: Rod Rondeaux / 扎恩·迈克拉农
other title: メッコ
Mekko gets out of prison after 19 years. He has no home or family so he makes his way to Tulsa. He tries to connect with a cousin but she turns him away. With nowhere to go Mekko ends up sleeping on the streets. He is taken in by the homeless native community. At times jovial, there is a dark undercurrent to the community. He begins having issues with a man named Bill. Bill is pure evil. Convinced that this man is a witch, Mekko turns to the old teachings of his grandmother in order to rid the community of this 'witch'. It's a story of redemption, and hope. Mekko is in search of his home and the strength to forgive himself of his past.
Waikiki (2023) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Waikiki
director: Christopher Kahunahana actor: Danielle Zalopany / 彼得·辛科达
other title: Waikīkī
When a hula dancer on the run crashes into a broken spirit of a man, they begin a journey into a hidden world, developing a connection through humanity, nature, and culture.
Parallel Minds (2020) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Parallel Minds
director: Benjamin Ross Hayden actor: 格雷格·布瑞克 / Tommie-Amber Pirie
other title: Mentes paralelas / 隱形殺機
In the near future, technology firm Red-Eye is on the verge of developing a revolutionary contact lens that records human sight to replicate memories. When the company’s lead researcher is murdered, Detective Thomas Elliot, and researcher Margo Elson are drawn into searching deeper to apprehend an elusive digital shapeshifter. Soon, both are threatened by their past as they seek to uncover what this dangerous artificial intelligence is trying to consume.
The Road Forward (2017) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Road Forward
The Road Forward is an electrifying musical documentary that connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Interviews and musical sequences describe how a tiny movement, the Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood, grew to become a successful voice for change across the country. Visually stunning, The Road Forward seamlessly connects past and present through superbly produced story-songs with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats.
Malni - Towards The Ocean, Towards The Shore (2020) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb
Malni - Towards The Ocean, Towards The Shore
other title: 马尔尼——走向海洋,走向海岸 / maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
This film follows Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier's wanderings through each of their worlds as they wonder through and contemplate the afterlife, rebirth, and the place in-between. Spoken mostly in chinuk wawa, their stories are departures from the Chinookan origin of death myth, with its distant beginning and circular shape.
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