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Little Deer

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On Christmas Eve, 1967, two young Indigenous girls are forced to battle the elements, confront their darkest secrets and work together in order to return home to their families after a daring escape from the Mohawk Institute Residential School. This harrowing coming-of-age story was developed with survivors of the Mohawk Institute and is based on their real experiences.

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Marie

Isla Grant

Vera

Cherish Violet Blood

Reverend Skin

Paul Émile d'Entremont

Grandpa Hank

Kevin Allan Hess

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Yellowtail

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Yellowtail is the story of a young Native American cowboy searching for meaning as his chaotic lifestyle begins to wear on him both physically and mentally. To find his purpose the young man has to reflect on his upbringing as a native to become the spiritually connect man he was meant to be.

6.3

1492: Conquest of Paradise

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6.0

Portraits from a Fire

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6.0

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7.1

El Norte

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9.5

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6.0

Katshinau

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In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and alienating. The encounter with a young girl she presumes to be her child will give her motivation to undertake radical actions.

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Seventeen

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Set over the course of seventeen hours, the lives of three Indigenous sex workers intersect through chance, relation, and the shared experience of familial and colonial displacement.

5.5

10,000 BC

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A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

6.2

Lakota Nation vs. United States

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Young People Ask

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Two young men spend an ordinary weekend together as Jehovah's Witnesses in the historic industry town of Trail, British Columbia. They eat junk food, play video games, watch movies, drink energy drinks, go out in the Ministry, then go their separate ways towards the silence of living. In that silence they contend with the hidden realities of their lives and feelings.

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Rehab

Sep 13, 2022

A First Nations man takes a famous actor back to the reserve to help him cope with his drug addiction.

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Bones of Crows

Jun 2, 2023

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