Indigenous Women Movies

  • 1992
    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

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    This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

    Surviving Columbus
  • 2018
    Amá

    Amá

    Amá

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    Amá is a feature length documentary which tells an important and untold story: the abuses committed against Native American women by the...

    Amá
  • 1991
    Women in the Shadows

    Women in the Shadows

    Women in the Shadows

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    Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...

    Women in the Shadows
  • 2023
    Gabriela

    Gabriela

    Gabriela

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    A young undocumented Guatemalan woman dreams of joining a Country Club swim team in the American South.

    Gabriela
  • 2022
    Cosmovisions

    Cosmovisions

    Cosmovisions

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    In Southern Bahia, seven indigenous women invite to reflection, sharing their mythology, ancestry and paths to living well.

    Cosmovisions
  • 2023
    The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy

    The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy

    The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy

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    Filmmaker Mary Galloway's feature documentary looks at the origins and continued impact of the famed Cowichan sweater.

    The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy
  • 2016
    Canyon Song

    Canyon Song

    Canyon Song

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    This short film follows Tonisha, Toneil and their family as they reclaim their Navajo history and reconnect with ancestors within the canyon walls.

    Canyon Song
  • 2022
    Tapajós Ãgawaraitá

    Tapajós Ãgawaraitá

    Tapajós Ãgawaraitá

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    Tapajós Ãgawaraitá
  • 2010
    Mom n' Me

    Mom n' Me

    Mom n' Me

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    The filmmaker traces the loss of her ancestral language over three generations of her family, and her own desire to recover it.

    Mom n' Me