Documentary
With exclusive access to the lives of 8 women, ranging in age from 10 to 98, explore powerful testimonials of loss and survival and gain insight into the experience of a modern Indigenous American living on a reservation. Gripping historical accounts and startling timely statistics guide viewers down the path that has led to these present day conditions.
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Expedition Amelia
First Daughter and the Black Snake
Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Inhabitants
Missing 411: The Hunted
The Shaman's Apprentice
Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters
The Lost Sons
Trudell
Sweetheart Dancers
Incident at Oglala
Jeffrey's Hell
Broken Rainbow
Mankiller
maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
Dislocation Blues
NUKED
The Murder of Gabby Petito: What Really Happened
Deerfoot of the Diamond
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Expedition Amelia
IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 2019
Explorer Robert Ballard sets out to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance as he and a team of experts travel to the remote Pacific atoll named Nikumaroro in search of her final resting place.First Daughter and the Black Snake
IMDB 5 | Apr , 2017
The “Prophecy of the 7th Fire” says a “black snake” will bring destruction to the earth. For Winona LaDuke, the “black snake” is oil trains and pipelines. When she learns that Canadian-owned Enbridge plans to route a new pipeline through her tribe’s 1855 Treaty land, she and her community spring into action to save the sacred wild rice lakes and preserve their traditional indigenous way of life. Launching an annual spiritual horse ride along the proposed pipeline route, speaking at community meetings and regulatory hearings. Winona testifies that the pipeline route follows one of historical and present-day trauma. The tribe participates in the pipeline permitting process, asserting their treaty rights to protect their natural resources. LaDuke joins with her tribe and others to demand that the pipelines’ impact on tribal people’s resources be considered in the permitting process.Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
IMDB 8 | Jan , 2021
Examining the movement that is ending the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots in the world of sports and beyond.Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1991
An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977, with commentary from those involved, including Peltier himself.Inhabitants
IMDB 9 | Mar , 2021
For millennia, Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain their traditional land management practices. From deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains, and prairies, Native communities across the US are restoring their ancient relationships with the land. As the climate crisis escalates these time-tested practices of North America's original inhabitants are becoming increasingly essential in a rapidly changing world.Missing 411: The Hunted
IMDB 6.8 | Jun , 2019
Hunters have disappeared from wildlands without a trace for hundreds of years. David Paulides presents the haunting true stories of hunters experiencing the unexplainable in the woods of North America.The Shaman's Apprentice
IMDB 0 | May , 2001
Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters
IMDB 4.5 | Aug , 2023
In 2001, sisters Diamond and Tionda Bradley vanish from their Chicago apartment. Twenty-two years later, Detective Pam Childs gains access to the family, revisiting critical scenes, interviews, and inconsistencies -- leading to a shocking admission.The Lost Sons
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 2021
1960s Chicago, a baby is kidnapped from a hospital. Fifteen months later, a toddler is abandoned. Could he be the same baby? In a tale of breathtaking twists and turns, two mysteries begin to unravel and dark family secrets are revealed.Trudell
IMDB 5.4 | Jan , 2005
A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances, and politics.Sweetheart Dancers
IMDB 9 | Feb , 2019
Sean and Adrian, a Two-Spirit couple, are determined to rewrite the rules of Native American culture through their participation in the “Sweetheart Dance.” This celebratory contest is held at powwows across the country, primarily for heterosexual couples … until now.Incident at Oglala
IMDB 7 | May , 1992
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.Jeffrey's Hell
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2024
In 2023, Writer/director Aaron Irons went deep into the Appalachian wilderness area known as Jeffrey's Hell to expand on the legends and stories from his 2022 found footage film, CHEST. He was never seen again. This documentary explores what really happened to Aaron and what secrets are being kept below the surface.Broken Rainbow
IMDB 5.7 | May , 1985
Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.Mankiller
IMDB 6 | Jun , 2017
The story of an American hero and the Cherokee Nation's first woman Principal Chief who humbly defied all odds to give a voice to the voiceless.maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
IMDB 5 | Sep , 2021
An experimental look at the origin of the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, following two people as they navigate their own relationships to the spirit world and a place in between life and death.Dislocation Blues
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2017
Filmed during the 2016 Standing Rock protests in South Dakota, Sky Hopinka's Dislocation Blues offers a portrait of the movement and its water protectors, refuting grand narratives and myth-making in favour of individual testimonials.NUKED
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2023
The US detonated 67 nuclear weapons over the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands during the Cold War, the consequences of which still reverberate down four generations to today. "NUKED," is a timely new feature documentary focussing on the human victims of the nuclear arms race, tracing the displaced Bikinian's ongoing struggle for justice and survival even as climate change poses a new existential threat. Using carefully restored archival footage to resurrect contemporaneous islanders’ voices and juxtaposing these with the full, awesome fury of the nuclear detonations, NUKED starkly contrasts the official record with the lived experience of the Bikinians themselves, serving as an important counterpoint to this summer’s Oppenheimer.The Murder of Gabby Petito: What Really Happened
IMDB 5.6 | Oct , 2022
Aspiring influencer Gabby Petito sets out on a cross-country road trip with her fiancé, but she soon disappears, and the ensuing mystery goes viral. New footage of the couple sheds light on their struggles that led to the nightmarish outcome.Deerfoot of the Diamond
IMDB 10 | Sep , 2022
In late 2021, Cleveland’s baseball team was reborn as the Guardians. This documentary, directed by Lance Edmands, chronicles the saga of that name change, which has its roots in a forgotten legend named Louis Sockalexis, and the tragedy that enveloped his story more than a century ago.