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Aboriginal Peoples
An in-depth look at important issues in Aboriginal communities.Films
Building a Kayak: Part 2
- This short documentary on the Netsilik Inuit depicts the latter steps in ...
- 1967,
- 32 min 46 s
Building a Kayak: Part 1
- This short documentary on the Netsilik Inuit depicts the initial steps in ...
- 1967,
- 32 min 20 s
These Are My People...
- This documentary short is the first film made by an all-Aboriginal film ...
- by Roy Daniels, Willie Dunn, Michael Mitchell(…),
- 1969,
- 13 min 18 s
Augusta
- This short documentary is the portrait of an 88-year-old woman who lives ...
- by Anne Wheeler,
- 1976,
- 16 min 33 s
Summer Legend
- This animated short retells the Mi’gmaq legend of the great spirit ...
- by Françoise Hartmann,
- 1986,
- 8 min 19 s
Incident at Restigouche
- In Incident at Restigouche, filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin delves into the history behind ...
- by Alanis Obomsawin,
- 1984,
- 45 min 57 s
You Are on Indian Land
- The film shows the confrontation between police and a 1969 demonstration by ...
- by Mort Ransen,
- 1969,
- 36 min 48 s
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
- This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis ...
- by Alanis Obomsawin,
- 1986,
- 29 min 10 s
Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance
- On a July day in 1990, a confrontation propelled Native issues in ...
- by Alanis Obomsawin,
- 1993,
- 119 min 15 s
The Northern Lights
- This short documentary examines the phenomenon of the northern lights, aka the ...
- by Alan Booth,
- 1992,
- 47 min 40 s
Vistas: InukShop
- Filmmaker Jobie Weetaluktuk mixes archival and new footage to make a statement ...
- by Jobie Weetaluktuk,
- 2009,
- 2 min 16 s
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
- This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to ...
- by John Feeney,
- 1963,
- 19 min 49 s
Through These Eyes
- An American elementary school program from the 1970s, Man: A Course of ...
- by Charles Laird,
- 2004,
- 55 min
The Living Stone
- This documentary shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit approach to ...
- by John Feeney,
- 1958,
- 32 min 35 s
Vistas: Little Thunder
- This animated short, inspired by the Mi'kmaq legend The Stone Canoe ...
- by Nance Ackerman & Alan Syliboy,
- 2009,
- 2 min 59 s
Vistas: Dancers of the Grass
- A stunning display of a stop-motion animation, Dancers of the Grass vividly ...
- by Melanie Jackson,
- 2009,
- 2 min 14 s
Vistas: Carrying Fire
- Carrying Fire weaves together animation and live action to show how the ...
- by Marie Burke,
- 2009,
- 3 min 44 s
Vistas: Button Blanket
- This short impressionist documentary looks at the creation of a Button Blanket ...
- by Zoe L. Hopkins,
- 2009,
- 3 min 39 s
As I Am
- This short experimental documentary challenges stereotypes about Aboriginal people in the workplace ...
- by Nadia Myre,
- 2010,
- 4 min 3 s
Dancing Around the Table, Part Two
- The sequel to Dancing Around the Table, Part One, this film deals ...
- by Maurice Bulbulian,
- 1987,
- 50 min 8 s
Dancing Around the Table, Part One
- A documentary about the Conferences on the Constitutional Rights of the Aboriginal ...
- by Maurice Bulbulian,
- 1987,
- 57 min 18 s
The Ballad of Crowfoot
- This short film examines the situation of Aboriginal people in North America ...
- by Willie Dunn,
- 1968,
- 10 min 18 s
Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
- This feature-length documentary traces the journey of the Haisla people to reclaim ...
- by Gil Cardinal,
- 2003,
- 70 min
Totem: Return and Renewal
- In his 2003 NFB film Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox ...
- by Gil Cardinal,
- 2007,
- 24 min 4 s
The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company
- The Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary celebration was no occasion ...
- by Martin Defalco & Willie Dunn,
- 1972,
- 42 min 22 s
For Angela
- This short film portrays the experiences of Rhonda Gordon and her daughter ...
- by Nancy Trites Botkin & Daniel Prouty,
- 1993,
- 21 min 20 s
Cree Hunters of Mistassini
- An NFB crew filmed a group of three families, Cree hunters from ...
- by Tony Ianzelo & Boyce Richardson,
- 1974,
- 57 min 55 s
César's Bark Canoe
- This documentary shows how a canoe is built the old way. César ...
- by Bernard Gosselin,
- 1971,
- 57 min 55 s
