Are You Native?

In a conversation across time, PNW local and Indigenous moccasin maker Shauna White Bear (Arikara) responds to a VHS tape she recorded for her father 30 years ago, reflecting on identity, her art form, and grief.

The Native Americans

Over 25,000 years ago during the last ice age, the continents of Asia and North America were joined together by a land bridge. It was here where nomadic hunters followed their pray into the new World. These were the ance

Native African Guitar

Gerhard Kubik, a cultural anthropologist with a keen interest in African music, spent years compiling recordings of African fingerstyle guitar playing. This program showcases his remarkable collection of music, recorded

Baran and the Native

Aboard the top deck of a cruise ship, Baran, a young wealthy girl, notices a native boy who is dancing joyfully to beating drums. Baran arrives at a plush hotel on the mainland, however she seems somewhat disconsolate. L

The Native Hue of Resolution

A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the preservation of archive television.

Let's Go Native

The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from Brooklyn and his coterie of wild native girls.

Los Lobos Native Sons

Los Lobos Native Sons is the definitive chronicle of the global Latin rock ’n’ roll legends Los Lobos, offering an unparalleled 50-year musical journey through exclusive access to the band’s personal archives and extraor

Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters

In January 2018, Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell collaborated on a groundbreaking and deeply personal album for Smithsonian Folkways called "Songs of Our Native Daughters." The result

Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

Oklahoma is home to thirty-nine federally recognized tribes. Nowhere in North America will you find such diversity among Native Peoples, and nowhere will you find a more tragic history. Host Moses Brings Plenty (Oglala L

Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood

For over 100 years, Hollywood cinema has crafted the ultimate "villain"- the Indian, as they were labeled in early Westerns. Confined almost exclusively to this genre, the Western became a vehicle for American racism, ob

Reflections of A Native Son

a vivid look at the teenage subculture of South Bronx.

Native Life in Bundi

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

My First Native American Boyfriend

Johnny is Emily's first Native American boyfriend, and now that they've been dating for a few months, she's going to take this golden opportunity to apologize for every micro-aggression she has ever made against Native A

Back to His Native Woods

"Povratak na rodno drvo" is a Yugoslav short film from 1968. It was directed by Vlatko Gilić and the screenplay was written by Matija Bećković.

The Son of Native Land

The film is about Kamal Gasimov's heroic fighting at the front.

The Native Who Caused All the Trouble

True story of a man who believes God owns the earth and land cannot be owned by anyone, therefore he's at liberty to build his church on ground occupied by others.

Kunumi, The Native Thunder

In Co-production with Hora Mágica. At the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup, a young man broke protocol and opened a banner in the center of the lawn asking for the demarcation of indigenous lands. Werá or MC Kunumi

China, My Native Land

Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile

Martin Sheen narrates this examination of the lives of three Palestinian families who fled their homes in 1948 and have lived as refugees in Lebanon ever since. Utilizing archive footage dating from as early as 1935, Nat

Our Home and Native Land

In 1992, the people of Canada had to vote "Yes" or "No" to a new constitution. For the first time in their political history, the Aboriginal people became part of the political process. This film - directed by Gil Cardin