SMUDGE
2000-44, 12 minutes, NFB, 2005 This film witnesses how a small group of Aboriginal women celebrate their rights to worship in the city, their way. Request
FIRST STORIES: Aboriginal Filmmakers tell their first stories vol. 1
2000-43, 67 minutes, NFB, 2006 Four Aboriginal filmmakers explore the realities of their lives in 21st century Canada. With humour and compassion, their films deal with a range of topics including Native culture/identity, Native traditions, Native art and street gangs. Request
WABAN-AKI: People from where the sun rises
2000-42, 104 minutes, NFB, 2004 In this film, Alanis Obonsawin returns to the village where she was raised to craft a lyric account of her own people. Request
FIRST NATIONS THE CIRCLE UNBROKEN
23 Short programs about current issues, cultural identity and relations between First Nations & Canada VIDEO 5: #2000-39, 100 minutes, NFB, 1998 4 programs: Qátuwas: People Gathering Together, Osiem, Mi’kmaq Family: Migamoei Otjiosog, The Mind of a Child VIDEO 6: #2000-40, 73 minutes, NFB, 1998 3 programs: Laxwesa Wa, Strength...
SUCKERFISH: A native woman’s story of a mother lost and found
2000-38, 8 minutes, NFB, 2004 When she was around 8, Lisa Jackson began to suspect that she was part Native. Then her mother told her that their Indian name was Nahmabin, or Suckerfish. Twenty years later, as she sifts through memorites and letters from her mom, Lisa constructs a portrait...
ONE MOTHER’S JOURNEY
#2000-37, 24 minutes, 1996; This program presents the story of a Native woman and her fight to overcome an abusive and alcoholic family life, the demeaning experience of residential schools, early motherhood and a bout with her own addictions. Finding strength in a return to her roots and a study...
WIPING THE TEARS OF SEVEN GENERATIONS
#2000-36, 57 minutes, 1992; In December 1990, 300 Lakota Sioux horseback riders rode 250 miles in two weeks, through bitter sub-zero winter weather, to commemorate the lives lost at the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890. This program relates the story of how the Lakota Nation mourned the loss of their...
ROCKS AT WHISKEY TRENCH
2000-35, 105 minutes, National Film Board On August 28, 1990 a convoy of 75 cars left the Mohawk community of Kahnawake and crossed Montreal’s Mercier Bridge – straight into an angry mob that pelted the vehicles with rocks. The targets of this violence were Mohawk women, children and elders...
The BEAR STANDS UP
#3400-2, 29 Minutes, 1999; Hear the story of Esther Shea of the Tongass Bear Clan, a strong community leader whose efforts are widely recognized to be helping the Bear stand up again. Witness her personal struggle to regain her native identity after it was systematically assaulted and forced into many...
HEALING OF NATIONS
#2000-26, 43 minutes; A documentary on cultural revival in Native American & Canadian communities. The film focuses on youth empowerment the value of traditional ceremonies and teachings and the impact these traditions are having on young native people. Request