Wandering Spirit School, organized by concerned parents, broke with tradition by introducing subjects that are of particular relevance to its pupils. Traditional Indigenous stories, traditions, languages and crafts balance the program of academic subjects required by the Ontario Ministry of Education. The experience of the children at Wandering Spirit is contrasted with the very different life experienced by their parents, educated in the old residential schools.

Follows Haida artist Bill Reid, from British Columbia. A jeweller and wood carver, he works on a tra...

Resident Orca tells the unfolding story of a captive whale’s fight for survival and freedom. After d...
A documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native polit...

An NFB crew filmed a group of three families, Cree hunters from Mistassini. Since times predating ag...

An Aboriginal Australian and Native American documentary narrated by award-winning actor Jack Thomps...

In this revealing study of Norval Morrisseau, filmed as he works among the lakes and woodlands of hi...

A 13-year-old Indian boy is found unconscious after being attacked in the jungle by the evil spirit ...
The purpose of Rise Above the Mark, narrated by Peter Coyote, is to educate the general public about...

Documentary about filmmaker Bonnie Ammaaq's memories of life on Baffin Island, where her family move...

50 years on, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is the oldest continuing protest occupation site in the wor...

Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaher...

Murray Sinclair's acceptance speech for an award in honor of his role as chair of the Truth and Reco...
This documentary short is the first film made by an all-Aboriginal film crew, training under the NFB...
Dramatizes the plight of a young adventure seeker whose canoe is capsized by a wall of water during ...

Legendary documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin provides a glimpse of what action-driven decoloniza...

Yndio do Brasil is a collage of hundreds of Brazilian films and films from other countries - feature...
Tom Hill, a Seneca artist and curator, explores the works of four contemporary Indigenous artists.