Drama
In this feature drama, a Canadian Indigenous youth attempts to find a place for himself. He faces culture shock as the educational system teaches him to be a white man and tries to find a way of life more meaningful to his Indigenous culture and ancestry.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
That Which Once Was
Mother River
Dances with Wolves
White Wolves
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Fancy Dance
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
In the Beginning was Water and Sky
Fish Hawk
Turquoise Rose
Geronimo: An American Legend
New Waterford Girl
Bloodland
Monster
A Man Called Horse
Ghosts
Dead Man
Little Chief
When Shadows Dance at Night
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
SIMILAR MOVIES
That Which Once Was
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2011
In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted by memories of flooding that left him homeless and orphaned, the boy forms an unexpected friendship with an Inuk ice carver who helps him confront his past.Mother River
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2020
In a remote Peruvian city, lives Honorata Vilca, an illiterate woman of Quechua descent who sells candies more than 20 years ago, with the rain will cry to the sky itself.Dances with Wolves
IMDB 7.8 | Mar , 1990
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.White Wolves
IMDB 5.6 | Jun , 1969
Farsighted Falcon, chief of the Lakota, seeks refuge in the Black Hills with his wife Blue Hair and two warriors, sole survivors of their tribe. When they are attacked by the outlaw Bashan, Falcon strikes out for the town of Tanglewood to take on Bashan's boss, mining magnate Harrington.Aguirre, the Wrath of God
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 1972
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.Fancy Dance
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 2024
Following her sister's disappearance, Jax and her niece Roki must stick together. Desperate to keep what's left of their family intact, Jax and Roki defy the law and hit the road on a journey to the Grand Nation Powwow in Oklahoma City.Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
IMDB 5 | Oct , 1994
Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her people. She aids the Lakota in their struggle for their rights: a struggle that culminates in an armed standoff with US government forces at the site of an 1890 massacre.In the Beginning was Water and Sky
IMDB 9 | Mar , 2017
A haunting and visually stunning fairytale that blends the horrors of fantasy and the real life historical events of colonization and Indian Boarding Schools in the United States. A Native American girl in the 1700s and a Native American boy in the 1960s struggle to find their way back to a home that may be lost forever.Fish Hawk
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 1980
A hardened and embittered man turns his life around with the help of a farm boy in this uplifting family tale. Down on his luck and dependent on booze, Native American Fish Hawk (Will Sampson) changes his fate when he accepts a job hunting down a bear that's been killing local livestock. His temporary residence with the Boggs family brings young Corby (Charles Fields) into his life, and the boy's friendship gives Fish Hawk a new reason to live.Turquoise Rose
IMDB 10 | Jun , 2007
Raised in the suburbs of Phoenix, a Navajo college student must choose between a vacation in Rome or moving to the reservation to care for her ailing grandmother.Geronimo: An American Legend
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1993
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.New Waterford Girl
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1999
A gifted teenager, dreaming of life beyond her small town, becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.Bloodland
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2011
A social statement on the irreversible and detrimental impact of gas and oil exploration on our planet and in particular the impact that hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking' will have on Kainaiwa, or the Blood Reserve in Canada. This film was shot with a completely Indigenous cast and crew.Monster
IMDB 8 | Oct , 2019
After losing his innocence, his best friend, and the love of his adolescence, this coming-of-age gangster drama follows Harman in an hour of his night within a new life of violence.A Man Called Horse
IMDB 6.4 | May , 1970
In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinction, but the tribesmen sense that he is worthy of survival. He eventually passes the many necessary tests that will permit him to become a member of the tribe.Ghosts
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2022
Three Kiowa boys attempt to escape a government boarding school in 1891, Oklahoma.Dead Man
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1995
On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.Little Chief
IMDB 8.5 | Jan , 2020
The lives of a Native woman and a troubled young boy intersect over the course of a school day on a reservation in Oklahoma.When Shadows Dance at Night
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2021
Following her brother's death, Georgia, a young college student, returns home to her reservation only to find she's become the prey of a shapeshifting, faceless figure.Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 2002
Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.