Indigenous Flix
by andiesula | created - 07 Dec 2019 | updated - 14 Aug 2022 | PublicMovies by or about Indigenous people living in the Americas.
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1. Smoke Signals (1998)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family.
Director: Chris Eyre | Stars: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer
Votes: 12,604 | Gross: $6.72M
2. Miss Navajo (2007)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
The role of women and tradition in Dine (Navajo) culture is explored through a young woman's quest for the Miss Navajo Nation crown.
Director: Billy Luther | Stars: Radmilla Cody, Marilyn Help Hood, Ida Gail Organick
Votes: 75
3. The Red Road (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A local policeman tries to cope with the problems within his family while the growing tension in community leads to bloodshed.
Stars: Martin Henderson, Jason Momoa, Julianne Nicholson, Tamara Tunie
Votes: 5,777
4. Apache 8 (2011)
Documentary
APACHE 8 tells the story of an all-women wildland firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe, who have been fighting fires in Arizona and throughout the U.S., for over 30 years. ... See full summary »
Director: Sande Zeig
Votes: 30
5. Northern Exposure (1990–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
A city doctor is forced to work in the remote Alaskan town of Cicely, where he encounters peculiar locals, including a former astronaut, as he adjusts to small-town life.
Stars: Rob Morrow, Janine Turner, Barry Corbin, John Cullum
Votes: 21,663
6. Wounded Knee (2009)
TV-PG | 74 min | Documentary, History
On the night of February 27, 1973, a caravan of cars carrying 200 armed Oglala Lakota-led by American Indian Movement (AIM) activists-entered Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation and ... See full summary »
Director: Stanley Nelson
Votes: 98
7. Reel Injun (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Western
The history of the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.
Directors: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes | Stars: Adam Beach, Chris Eyre, Russell Means, John Trudell
Votes: 1,646
8. Blackstone (2009–2015)
44 min | Drama
Blackstone is an authentic drama that explores the dynamics of family, power and politics on a First Nation reserve.
Stars: Carmen Moore, Eric Schweig, Michelle Thrush, Steven Cree Molison
Votes: 426
9. Sami Blood (2016)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
A reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
Director: Amanda Kernell | Stars: Maj-Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri, Ánne Biret Somby, Bo Lundmark
Votes: 8,292
10. Mohawk Girls (2010–2017)
22 min | Comedy
A half-hour comedy-drama about four young women discovering how to be Mohawk in the 21st century.
Stars: Brittany LeBorgne, Heather White, Maika Harper, Jenny Pudavick
Votes: 304
11. First Daughter and the Black Snake (2017)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
Winona LaDuke wants to grow corn and put up solar panels, but when a proposed oil pipeline threatens her sacred wild rice territory she must spring into action and defend clean water with treaties, slow food and spiritual horse rides.
Director: Keri Pickett | Star: Winona LaDuke
Votes: 48
12. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1931, three half-white, half-Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their houses to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a journey across the Outback.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh, Laura Monaghan
Votes: 30,253 | Gross: $6.17M
13. Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation (2017)
102 min | Documentary
The documentary follows The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team on the road as they compete in the 2015 World Box Lacrosse Championships. For the first time ever, the Championship Games were ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Baxter, Peter Spirer
Votes: 65
14. Dakota 38 (2012)
78 min | Documentary
In the spring of 2005 Jim Miller a native spiritual leader and VietNam veteran found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great plains of south Dakota just before he awoke he ... See full summary »
Director: Silas Hagerty | Star: Jim Miller
Votes: 50
15. DreamKeeper (2003)
TV-PG | 174 min | Drama, Fantasy
The legends of the Native American nations come to life in this epic new miniseries, as two generations--a century-old storyteller and his grandson, a troubled 17-year-old boy--embark on a cross-country journey toward self-discovery.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: August Schellenberg, Eddie Spears, Gary Farmer, John Trudell
Votes: 1,724
16. The Education of Little Tree (1997)
PG | 112 min | Drama
Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy who loses his parents during The Great Depression and begins living with his Indian grandparents and learning the Cherokee way of life.
Director: Richard Friedenberg | Stars: James Cromwell, Joseph Ashton, Tantoo Cardinal, Mika Boorem
Votes: 1,823 | Gross: $0.12M
17. Winter in the Blood (2013)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Virgil First Raise wakes with a shiner and a hangover in a roadside ditch on the stark but beautiful plains of Montana. As he rises to face the day he sees a vision of his father lying dead... See full summary »
Directors: Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith | Stars: Chaske Spencer, David Morse, Gary Farmer, Julia Jones
Votes: 281
18. Unbowed (1999)
125 min | Drama, History, Romance
Three Lakota Sioux men enroll in a historically black college, and their reluctance to assimilate causes friction between their black peers. Some come to embrace their similar history, while others remain bitter.
Director: Nanci Rossov | Stars: Tembi Locke, Jay Tavare, Chuma Gault, Catero Alain Colbert
Votes: 227
19. Juanita (I) (2019)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama
Fed up with her life, Juanita leaves her grown kids behind and hits the road in search of a fresh start.
Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Bonnie Johnson, Jordan Nia Elizabeth, Acoryé White
Votes: 2,583
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