Film Category: 2024

The life and work of Japanese photographer, Kenji Kawano, explored through his extraordinary five decade long journey documenting the WWII Navajo Code Talkers through his lens.

The Red Wolf is not only the most endangered wolf in the world, it’s quite possibly the most misunderstood. In this 30-minute documentary, we explore the Red Wolf’s cultural significance to the Cherokee people and why conservationists hope indigenous knowledge will help save it from extinction.

Storytelling has been a part of Cherokee ways for as long as we can remember. It’s a means of sharing our history and keeping it alive from generation to generation. Within Tsa–La–Gi LA, we honor the oral histories shared by our Elders and community members. These narratives unveil the journey of their families relocating to… Read more »

Native Ute Mountain Ute kids produced a film that describes the Bear Dance and its origins and meanings.

“Haagua” depicts the timeless connection between Grandmother Ocean and her children – speaking from the past and praying into the future. Birthed and sprung from water, a timeless memory of survival thrusts us forward to a current time. To thrive, surfing. More than a sport, surfing is a re-cognition of cultural practice and a re-creation… Read more »

An exploration of the language of the Southern Sierra Miwuk people of the Yosemite National Park region and how the preservation and resiliency of language is intrinsically tied to enduring place names, stories, arts and culture ofthe Miwuk people.

Tamkaliks, an annual reunion for the displaced Nez Perce People, takes place in Wallowa, Oregon. This documentary focuses on the origins of Tamkaliks, its lasting impact to cultivate relationships, and the wal’wáama (people of Wallowa) as they return to their homelands to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the event.

A story about the rise of the Oklahoma Choctaw Nation women’s stickball team, Tvshka Homma Ohoya also known as the Lady Red Warriors, and two Nations coming together (Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation) to become a force in the stickball community.

Carving a 40 ft totem pole takes time and patience. Doing it from a Victoria BC jail … this is their story.

Short documentary about two Indigenous people hunting in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.