THE RIVER is a poignant exploration of family, addiction, and cultural legacy, set against the backdrop of the Gila River Indian Reservation. The story follows three generations of basket makers from the O’otham tribe: Rocky, struggling with problem gambling, her auntie, Nan, and Rocky’s teenage daughter, Maya, who is being raised by Auntie Nan. The film… Read more »
A love story set against the backdrop of the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic, Forest Echoes follows Echo and Wild, two urban Indigenous land defenders. On the one-year anniversary of their arrest on the front lines, a death in their community opens old wounds but also offers them a chance to heal.
In the shadows of his pulpit, Pastor Leyton Thompson leads a double life, using his charm and title to seduce vulnerable women. His next target is Grace, a seemingly innocent parishioner. But as Leyton’s dark obsession grows, Grace reveals a hidden agenda, threatening to destroy his carefully crafted facade. As their twisted game of cat… Read more »
Kalli Nepantla (The House of In-Between) is based on the real life experiences of an Indigenous woman and her family. In Kalli Nepantla, our family consists of Tlalli (older sister), Xochipilli (younger sister), and Marialena (mom). Each member of the family lives with their own mental health realities and fights to maintain a sense of… Read more »
Having left Nunavut with her mother Kumaa’naaq (koo-MAT-na) in 1938, young Marguerite must negotiate the unspoken pressures of being Inuk in her new life in the South. When an extraordinary letter arrives from home, Marguerite discovers what’s really expected of her. Based on a true story.
Two strangers cross paths on an ominous park bench.
Set in the Coast Salish region of the Pacific Northwest, 150 years in the future, the true history of North America has been swept under the rug, the stories of Indigenous peoples have been silenced, and religion and culture are criminalized. Indigenous people, like Tawni and her aunt, were driven out of the cities, living on… Read more »
The shadow figure continues to plague Angela, forcing Mary to reveal the truth: Angela is Mary’s niece, and the shadow figure is the spirit of Angela’s twin sister, AASHENII. As the darker-skinned twin, AaSheNii couldn’t escape residential school the way Angela did. It was only after the nuns starved her to death that Mary came… Read more »
“Hasta la Raíz” is a historical drama set in 1856 in the greater Los Angeles basin. Cecilia, a Tongva woman, is a servant at a Mexican rancho alongside her daughter. She is entrusted by her community to organize the legality of a land return promise by a priest after the San Gabriel mission closed. Within… Read more »
In ‘Pendleton Man,’ three young Blackfoot cousins, left home alone, encounter the spooky Pendleton Man, in a night of terror.
