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BORN OF THE ICE

by Stephanie Jo Alton

A cinematic poem of arctic survival. This visually stunning film blends myth and modernity to tell the story of a remote Alaskan village and the Inupiat people, who hunt bowhead whales as part of subsistence living and spiritual practice.

NGARRIDURNDENG KURED (WE GOING HOME NOW)

by Emma Masters

Follows Dean Yibarbuk, his family and the Indigenous Fire Rangers he leads into the heart of Kuwarddewardde. Here, ancient rhythms and traditional practices combine with western science to create a unique relationship. Their goal is to prevent devastating wildfires, and support the return of Binninj Nawarddeken to their traditional homelands and ways of living.

NIITSITAPI (THE REAL PEOPLE)

by Bryan Gunnar Cole

Journeys across the vast ancestral territory of The Blackfoot Confederacy—an ancient alliance of Blackfoot speaking people bound together by land, language, and culture.

TE PITO O TE HENUA (THE NAVEL OF THE WORLD)

by Martin Kingman

Explores the cultural identity and close connection to the land and water shared by the Rapa Nui People through a visceral, behind the scenes exploration of the island’s most important cultural festival–Tapāti Rapa Nui.

THIS LAND

by Mike Bradley

In 1974 a group of Mohawk Indians occupied a defunct girls camp in New York’s Adirondack Mountains and established a community they called Ganienkeh. Aiming to practice a more traditional lifestyle and asserting aboriginal title, they stayed for three years and endured intermittent violent clashes with the local residents. This Land is a short documentary film that chronicles the community’s founding and the convoluted land swap that eventually resulted. Ganienkeh is one of the only examples of an indigenous people successfully reclaiming territory from the United States.