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• Angry Inuk

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  This Inuit-themed film explores and defends the Inuit Seal hunt as essential to the survival of Inuit communities.

• Barking Water

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  Join estranged couple Frank and Irene as they travel across Oklahoma to confront the past and face the future.

• Cherokee Word for Water

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  Learn the story of Wilma Mankiller, the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee nation.

• Falls Around Her

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  Internationally renowned musician Mary Birchbark leaves fame behind to return to her roots in her home community.

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  This dystopian short film will give you chills! Follow a Mi'kmaq man in his surgical quest to become after suffering at the hands of anti-First Nation racists.

• Four Sheets to the Wind

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  This moving film explores the relationship between Cufe, a young man who travels to Tulsa, Oklahoma to visit his sister after their father's suicide, and a neighbor named Francie.

• Home from School: The Children of Carlisle

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  This PBS documentary explores the history of the tens of thousands of Native American children who were removed from their tribal homes and placed in boarding schools.

• Ohero: Kon - Under the Husk: A Native American Rite of Passage

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  This documentary short follows two Mohawk girls as they participate in traditional rights of passage for Mohawk women.

• People of a Feather

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  Filmed over seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather explores the relationship between humans and the eider duck, whose feathers allow the survival of both in a harsh environment.

• Rhymes for Young Ghouls

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  Presented from the perspective of a young girl plotting revenge, Rhymes for Ghouls looks at the abuse of resident school children in the 1960s and 1970s.

• Rhymes for Young Ghouls

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  Presented from the perspective of a young girl plotting revenge, Rhymes for Ghouls looks at the abuse of resident school children in the 1960s and 1970s.

• Reel Injun

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  This 2009 Canadian documentary explores the portrayal of Native Americans in film.

• Rumble

  the Indians Who Rocked the World

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  A 2017 Canadian documentary, Rumble explores Native American musicians from Canada and the United States, and their impact on rock and roll.

• Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

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  A 2017 Canadian documentary, Rumble explores Native American musicians from Canada and the United States, and their impact on rock and roll.

• Sacheen Breaking the Silence

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  This documentary short explores Sacheen Littlefeather's until now unheard story about a controversial moment at the 1973 Academy Awards.

• Smoke Signals

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  Smoke Signals explores the relationship between an eccentric storyteller, Thomas Builds-the-Fire, and Victor Joseph during their odyssey from Couer D'Alene Indian Reservation to Phoenix, Arizona.

• Te Ata

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  This moving story, based on the life of Mary Thompson Fisher, explores her journey as a famous performer of songs and stories from Chicksaw culture.

• Wild Indian

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  Two men come together years later to confront their secret about the violent murder of a childhood classmate.