Monkey Beach (2020)
Todd, L. (Director) [Streaming Video]
In an effort to turn her life around, a young indigenous woman returns to her hometown and discovers how dysfunctional her family has become.
Slash/Back (2022)
Innuksuk, N. (Director) [Streaming Video]
When Maika and her ragtag friends discover an alien invasion in their tiny arctic hamlet, it's up to them to save the day. Utilizing their makeshift weapons and horror movie knowledge, the aliens realize you don't mess with girls from Pang.
Night raiders (2021)
Goulet, D. (Director) [Streaming Video]
The year is 2043. Cities across North America are disenfranchised and controlled by a military organization. Children have become the property of the state. Niska, a desperate woman of Cree descent, joins a secret vigilante group in an attempt to infiltrate a youth academy where her daughter is believed to be. Will she succeed in freeing her daughter from the clutches of the state, in a highly violent context? Will resilience, courage, and love triumph?
Portraits from a fire (2021)
Mack, T. (Director) [Streaming Video]
Portraits from a Fire is a coming-of-age film that follows Tyler, an eccentric and lonely teenager who spends his days filmmaking, vlogging his Indigenous community, and hanging out with his grandparents. His father, Gord, is physically present but remains emotionally absent from Tyler's life for reasons Tyler cannot understand. That is, until he meets Aaron, a mysterious, charismatic, and influential figure who encourages Tyler to showcase his most personal film about his mother's disappearance to the community, leading to a reckoning between past and future, life and death, and father and son.
Unusual in every way (2021)
Barnard, D., & Papini-Pollock, Y. (Directors) [Streaming Video]
An unusual tale of struggle, friendship, hope and inspiration. An indigenous man with autism and disabilities meets a renowned professor from Israel. Their unique friendship is an inspiration for a struggling man and for a people.
Wildhood (2021)
Hannam, B. (Director) [Streaming Video]
Link is a rebellious teenager who lives with his half-brother and abusive uncle in a trailer park in Nova Scotia. When he discovers that his Indigenous biological mother is still alive, he runs away to find her. He then crosses paths with Pasmay, a charismatic Mi'kmaq dancer who will accompany him on his quest. The two young men develop a budding love and an unexpected sharing of culture and traditions.
Never Again: A Broken Promise (2016)
Ofime, R. (Director) [Streaming Video]
Sometimes the most impactful stories are the ones that sneak up on you. Never Again: A Broken Promise is a compelling documentary that draws parallels between four major genocides: The Yazidi Genocide, the Holocaust, the Rwandan Genocide and Cultural Genocide in Residential Schools.
Empire of dirt (2013)
Stebbings, P. (Director) [Streaming Video]
Centring on three generations of Canadian Aboriginal women, Peter Stebbings' Empire of Dirt is a gripping story about confronting the past, set within a family burdened by cycles of addiction, poverty, and teenage pregnancy.
Our people will be healed (2017)
Obomsawin, A. (Director) [Streaming Video]
Our People Will Be Healed, Alanis Obomsawin’s 50th film, reveals how a Cree community in Manitoba has been enriched through the power of education. The Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre in Norway House, north of Winnipeg, receives a level of funding that few other Indigenous institutions enjoy. Its teachers help their students to develop their abilities and their sense of pride.
Get over it: A path to healing (2019)
Ofime, R. & Papini-Pollock, Y. (Directors) [Streaming Video]
This film exposes the health crisis facing the Indigenous community in Canada through the stories of three Indigenous women. These women who survived the residential school system in Canada take viewers through an emotional journey of abuse and trauma and exposes viewers to the negative effects of these experiences on their health. The women's stories, intertwined with community leaders and medical experts, accounts and sheds light on possible methods that will bring healing to a suffering community
The Grizzlies (2018)
De Pencier, M. (Director) [Streaming Video]
THE GRIZZLIES is an inspiring true story based on a group of Inuit students in the small Arctic town of Kugluktuk. Suffering from widespread drug use, alcohol abuse, domestic violence and one of the highest teen suicide rates in the world, this northern community is periled by the legacy of colonialism. The students are naturally skeptical when Russ Sheppard, yet another ignorant and unprepared white rookie teacher, arrives from the South on a one-year teaching contract. With much to learn, but deeply shaken by the death of one of his students, Russ introduces his class to the sport of lacrosse in an effort to help lift the dangerous fog of trauma existing in his students. While initially resistant, the students gradually come together to embrace the sport, form Team Grizzlies, and find inspiration to make shifts in their own lives. Together with Russ, the team gains the support of a deeply divided town and eventually negotiates its way to the National Lacrosse Championships in Toronto. Despite their ultimate defeat, The Grizzlies discover that success doesn't lie in the outcome of a lacrosse game; but instead, in the spirit of community.
Indian Horse (2018)
Campanelli, S.S. (Director) [Streaming Video]
Follows the life of Canadian First Nations boy, Saul Indian Horse, as he survives residential school and life surrounded the rascism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles stereotypes and alcoholism.
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
Kunuk, Zacharias. (Director) [Streaming Video]
Centuries ago, in what would become the Canadian Arctic, Atuat is promised to the malevolent Oki, son of the leader of their tribe. But Atuat loves the good-natured Atanarjuat, who ultimately finds a way to marry her. Oki's sister, Puja also fancies Atanarjuat, and when she causes strife between him and his brother Amaqjuaq, Oki seizes the opportunity to wreak a terrible revenge on Atanarjuat.
Ctsenmew’sctem re Stsmemelt - Showing the Way for the Children (2018)
Williams, J. (Director) [Streaming Video]
After generations of oppression, land theft and alcoholism, the Esk'etemc (People of the white Earth) are now healing and declaring their rightful place as caretakers of their land.
My Name is WOLASTOQ (2022)
Gaffney, N (Director) [Streaming Video]
A candid and powerful window into the movement to preserve and celebrate Wolastoqui (Maliseet) culture and identity. The film follows a young Wolastoqew man, Riley Gaffney, who undertakes a journey to explore and claim his Indigenous cultural identity, while also following the efforts of Wolastoqi elders who work to create awareness and momentum for efforts to reclaim the original Indigenous name of the Wolastoq (Saint John) River.
A Cedar is life (2022)
Andrews, G. & Bland, L. & Joe, H (Directors) [Streaming Video]
A Cedar Is Life explores how one critical species, the cedar tree, is central to the cultural life of West Coast First Nations. The film weaves together interviews with elders, artists, and other hands-on practitioners who speak to how all parts of the tree were - and still are - important to make use of, while also highlighting the importance of protecting this ancient ancestor throughout the film. We look at how cedar is bridging cultural gaps today, and how this passing down of knowledge to the next generation is essential for promoting strength of culture in so many Indigenous communities.
Throat Song (2011)
de Pencier, Miranda (Director) [Streaming Video]
In the snowy and mystic landscape of Iqaluit, Nunavut, a small town in the Canadian Arctic, Ippik, a young Inuk woman, is silently suffering from the pains of an abusive relationship. Lost in a community that’s been tragically separated from its past, Ippik, through a job with the Department of Justice, begins to connect with other victims of violence in her community, and seeks to reclaim her voice.
Florent Vollant: I Dream in Innu (2021)
Renaud, N. (Director) [Streaming Video]
The soul of the Innu language is the land, water and forests of the fast-disappearing caribou. Through his music, Florent Vollant continues to make this language heard around the world.
Tomson Highway: kipimâtisinaw tapâhpeyahk (2022)
Bilinsky, B. (Director) [Streaming Video]
An intimate glimpse into the life of Cree author, musician, playwright, and storyteller Tomson Highway, who is the 2022 recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Through his warmth and Cree humour Tomson invites us into his home in Gatineau, Quebec, where he shares stories about his parents, reasons for living, and the power of music as a language in and of itself.