Indigenous Voices: Documentaries
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- DirectorRichard GilbertStarsRobert DavidsonA man carves miniature totems.
- StarsHoward AbramsDave BoldtHarold CardinalShort film from the National Film of Canada on a meeting of aboriginal people at Duck Lake in 1967. The speakers all deal with the many difficulties native peoples face in society - discrimination, alcohol abuse, limited educational opportunities - and there is a fascinating debate at the end of the film on the value of native residential schools.
- DirectorWillie DunnA musical telling of the life of the Blackfoot Chief and the betrayal and fall of his tribe with the White conquest of the Canadian West.
- DirectorRoy DanielsWillie DunnMichael MitchellIndigenous spokespersons throw light upon Longhouse religion, culture, and government and discuss how the white man's arrival has impacted on the Indian way of life.
- DirectorMichael MitchellMort RansenStarsMichael MitchellA documentary about a group of native Americans near the Canadian border. They attempt to blockade a road that runs through their land, leading to the Canadian police getting involved to open the road.
- DirectorEugene BoykoStarsJames CarneyRobert DavidsonA study at the Indigenous peoples of Queen Charlotte Island.
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinThe story of life at Christmas time in the settlement of Moose Factory, told through the words of children and shown in their crayon drawings.
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinStarsCésar NewashishA tribal elder from the Atikamekw community in Quebec tells stories from the past.
- DirectorThomas Shandel
- DirectorDonald BrittainA look at Indian chief Noel Starblanket as he does his job.
- DirectorTony IanzeloBoyce RichardsonStarsBoyce RichardsonSam BlacksmithRonnie JollySince times predating agriculture, Cree First Nations people have gone to the bush of the James Bay and Ungava Bay area to hunt.
- DirectorKathleen ShannonStarsAlanis Obomsawin
- DirectorTony WestmanStarsFrank AustinDarlene Malczewska
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinThe film documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects.
- DirectorPhyllis FergusonStarsPhyllis Ferguson
- DirectorTony IanzeloStarsEarl Pennington
- DirectorJack LongStarsBill ReidThis documentary follows Haida artist Bill Reid, from British Columbia. A jeweller and wood carver, he works on a traditional Haida totem pole. We watch the gradual transformation of a bare cedar trunk into a richly carved pole to stand on the shores of the town of Skidegate, in the Queen Charlotte Islands of B.C.
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinWild rice, an important food source, is frequently harvested by many Anishinaabe people. Sometimes traveling as far as 100 kilometers away, Anishinaabe people are seen in this installment harvesting grain in the area around Kenora, Ontario, Canada.
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinStarsAlanis ObomsawinA family in Nunavik, Quebec enjoy a summer day of fishing and berry picking. Two senior citizens are seen throat singing.
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinStarsAlanis ObomsawinSteve KowchLucien LessardDocumentary about a 1981 raid by the Quebec Provincial Police on a reserve in Quebec.
- DirectorCarol GeddesStarsGail ValaskakisMargaret JoeSophie PierreFive Native women from across Canada explain how they got to where they are in life today, and each of these women attests to the importance of Native culture in helping her to develop a sense of self.
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinStarsCory SwanDavid MitchellPauline KerikObomsawin's prescient 1986 film is a powerful tribute and an indictment of the mistreatment of Indigenous children by Canada's child welfare system.
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinStarsBrian EyahpaiseRon NabigonRoy Thomas
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinNative Canadians come to Montreal and find themselves homeless, hungry, and isolated. Alcoholism, drug abuse, and monotony reinforce their poverty.