Un groupe de cinq amis américains font un voyage au Panama. Là-bas, ils rencontrent une jeune femme qui leur parle d’une légende locale. Un chupacabra suceur de sang vit dans les profondeurs de la jungle. Pour pimenter leur excursion, ils décident de partir à la recherche de ce monstre. Ils ne vont pas tarder à comprendre que la légende est en fait une réalité..
Four short native stories reflect, with the rich colors and textures of stop-motion, the deep ancestral wisdom contained in simple moments of everyday life..
Artists such as Drezus, Ostwelve, Hellnback, Kinnie Starr and Snotty Nose Rez Kids explore the meaning of Indigenous Hip Hop and the connections between the music and their cultures..
Kamala Todd's short film is a lyrical portrait of Cease Wyss, of the Squamish Nation. Wyss is a woman who understands the remarkable healing powers of the plants growing all over downtown Vancouver. Whether it's the secret curl of a fiddlehead, or the gentleness of comfrey, plants carry ageless wisdom with them, communicated through colour, texture, and form. Wyss has been listening to this unspoken language and is now passing this ancient and intimate connection down to her own daughter, Senaqwila..
Capture the beauty of Australia's National Parks and Aboriginal Australians. They are Australia’s first known inhabitants whose ancestry date back 40,000 years. We take a fascinating look at a culture that lives in harmony with the land. Discover their ancient ceremonies and rituals, visit Kakadu and hunt for bush tucker. Be amazed by mysterious rock paintings in the Kimberley’s caves and witness the colourful Melanesian lifestyle of the Torres Strait Islanders. We travel to some of Australia's most popular National Parks, from the lushest rainforests to the deep outback and beyond. Like a living museum of the evolution of Australian flora, these National Parks reveal their amazing secrets. We visit the Tropical Daintree, the diverse Kakadu, Gondwana Rainforest, Lamington National Park and more..
For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples have governed their territories according to their own laws – safeguarding land, air, water and communities to sustain their cultures and economies. Drawing on the lessons learned over two decades of work with Indigenous peoples on Indigenous law-based approaches to land use planning, impact assessment and other aspects of environmental governance, in 2016 West Coast launched the RELAW program (Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water)..
Director Kamala Todd reflects on the land she is occupying and notions of livability..
This documentation explores anthropologically various nuances of Car Nicobar tribes within the geographical settings of the Nicobar. It provides a rare view of the lesser known life style, belief system rituals practices festivals and livelihood patterns and traces the oral traditions mythology, costumes and dialect of the Car Nicobarese. The documentary highlights the vernacular style and architecture including the indigenous beehive like thickly thatched huts with afo grass and traditional structural geometry. The film explores the Betal and Coconut production as an economic activity within an overall fame work of ecology and associated folklore..
Burnings of a family home (by farmer security guards; September 2021) and a prayer house (by members of a Pentecostal church; December 2021), recordings on video by the Guarani Kaiowá people..
Are midwifery and its tradition's dying out or is midwifery the hope of the future? GIVE LIGHT shares penetrating interviews of indigenous midwives from five continents. In their These women relate their stories with confidence, humor, and faith in the capabilities of the women that they serve. The documentary compares and contrasts the birth experiences by indigenous midwives with contemporary methods to explore the current rite of passage in childbirth in our modern world..
With an electrifying sound and a spirit of activism, Native American blues rock band Indigenous present live concerts from Chicago and Denver that include songs such as "Seven Steps Away," "Blues from the Sky," and "Baby What You Want Me to Do." Descended from the Sioux Nation and raised in South Dakota, this family of musicians incorporates powerful, politically conscious messages into their lively songs..
A juxtaposition of the victory parade for the Philadelphia Eagles with the ruins at Machu Pichu..
This short documentary brings together Indigenous scholars, artists and activists from across Australia, the Pacific and Asia on Ngunnawal and Ngambri land at the Australian National University (ANU). What does it mean to be indigenous in the academy? How do we decolonise research and teaching? How do we build solidarity with each other across our differences? Here, the collaborators discuss important perspectives on the ways in which decolonial work can be undertaken at universities and beyond..
Tarcila Rivera Zea, a Quechuan activist, fights for Indigenous rights in Peru. She finds that her lifelong efforts to empower her people are growing increasingly crucial as the weather becomes unreliable and climate change raises the stakes..
The award-winning short film by a Haida director depicts the resistance and resilience of Alaska Native communities as colonialism has stripped them of their language, dances and land rights. Previously recounted by outsiders, it’s now time to tell a new version of the story of Alaska Native history, culture and heritage..
Over 90 percent of the available lands in the Greater Chaco region of the Southwest have already been leased for oil and gas extraction. Witness the Indigenous-led work to protect the remaining lands that are untouched by oil and gas, as well as the health and well-being of communities surrounded by these extractive industries..
Through the Storm takes a gentle look at the journey of families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) through the missing persons and homicide investigation process. Family members and advocates share parts of how they continue to grapple with grief, loss and finding support. This video was created to support MMIP families to recognize their strength and resilience and find ideas for support on their healing journey..
Alvaro Rodriguez, an old swindler, owes a lot of money to a dangerous moneylender. To pay off the debt, he proposes to the man, who is also his boss, to finance one of his businesses. In the end, the 'indigenous malice' wins out and he ends up cheating his boss..
Indigenous villages at risk is an ethnographic documentary whose central purpose is to show the direct testimonies of people from nine indigenous villages, who have lived directly transformations of their cultures, some agreed upon by their communities, but many others without consensus. The statements contained in this documentary shows many facets of everyday life, culture and the problems faced by indigenous people, and bring out their strengths and their joy of life while showing, with clear evidence, the difficulties that arise for cultural strengthening of their communities. The video is divided into three parts and each features three different villages: Identity, Territory and Integrity..
