Films
Exploring Indigeneity in filmmaking
Our comprehensive film list offers nearly one hundred documentaries, dramas, comedies, and art films centered on Indigenous people. We list short and independent works alongside major-release films, and focus on highlighting the works of Indigenous directors, writers, producers, and actors.
INHABITANTS: INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON RESTORING OUR WORLD (new window), a 2022 documentary that follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate.
AmericanIndian.si.edu/ncs (new window)
visit the Bullfrog Films online catalog (new window) for a selection of documentary films honoring Native American Heritage Month. See also https://gooddocs.net/collections/native-american-indigenous-pacific-islander-studies; and We Shall Remain (new window) from American Experience films.
Film and Discussion: Mankiller
April 4, 2019 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
2018 Documentary on Cherokee Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller – pathbreaking activist. New South Screening Room (with pizza).
Co-sponsors: Indigenous Studies; Doyle Engaging Difference
Mother Tongue Film Festival
February 21, 2019
The Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue Film Festival showcases films that celebrate the cultural richness of Indigenous and endangered languages.