Movies and TvShows featuring "indigenous-rights" theme.

In a future where Earth's resources are depleted, a paraplegic Marine is sent to the moon Pandora to gather information about the indigenous Na'Vi. As he learns about their culture and falls in love with a Na'Vi woman, he must choose between loyalty to his own kind and defending the world he now calls home.

In Fire on the Amazon, a photographer and a journalist team up to investigate the murder of an indigenous activist in the Amazon rainforest. As they delve deeper into the case, they uncover a web of corruption and political intrigue. This action-packed adventure explores themes of deforestation, indigenous rights, and the preservation of nature.

This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

In the face of AAPI violence, an intergenerational coalition of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, People of Color organizers come together to organize a march across historic Washington Heights and Harlem, as a continuation of the historic and radical Black and Asian solidarity tradition.

In the Australian outback, a German geologist becomes embroiled in a legal and environmental dispute when a mining company threatens to destroy a sacred Aboriginal site. As tensions rise, the geologist must navigate the complexities of indigenous rights, tribal customs, and the destruction of wildlife habitat. The trial becomes a symbolic battle between progress and the preservation of ancient cultures.

Birdwatchers is a drama set in modern-day Brazil that follows a group of Guarani-Kaiowá Indians who are fighting to protect their land and culture from deforestation and corruption. The story focuses on a teenager who becomes involved in a rebellion against the encroachment of a wealthy landowner on their reservation. As tensions rise, the community faces a cultural clash between their traditional ways and the modern world.

When ambitious CCT exec Will Patterson uncovers a corporate conspiracy, his life spirals out of control. With an unlikely ally and beautiful crusader to guide him through his struggle, he travels to the jungles of Indonesia where a tribe--wrongly forced off their land by CCT--and the corporation clash. No matter which side Will chooses--with so many lives on the line, his decision is destined to be a deadly one.

In Clearcut, a lawyer named Peter returns to his hometown to defend a Native American man who has been wronged by a logging company. As Peter delves into the case, he uncovers a web of corruption and injustice. With the help of a wise spiritual guide, he fights to bring the truth to light and seek justice for the oppressed.

Renowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter has long fought for the rights of her people. When her son suddenly dies, Aaju embarks on a journey to reclaim her language and culture after a lifetime of whitewashing and forced assimilation. But can she both change the world and mend her own wounds?

In The Territory, a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest. A young Indigenous leader and his mentor are determined to fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest.

Now We're Going to Call You Brother is a documentary short film that highlights the challenges faced by indigenous communities in Chile, with a particular focus on the Mapuche Indians. The film explores issues such as indigenous rights, civil rights, and the preservation of native languages. It also delves into the impact of Chilean law on these communities and features speeches by prominent figures, including Salvador Allende, discussing the importance of supporting and empowering indigenous farmers.

This film follows the aftermath of the Oka crisis, which brought Indigenous rights into sharp focus. After the barricades came down, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples was created, and travelled to more than 100 communities and heard from more than 1,000 representatives. For two-and-a-half years, teams of Indigenous filmmakers followed the Commission on its journey.

Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the Potlatch. Archival photographs and films, wax roll sound recordings, police reports, the original potlatch files, and correspondence of agents form the basis of the reconstruction of period events, while the film centres on a Potlatch given today by the Cranmer family of Alert Bay.

Ompung Putra Boru, a sixties indigenous Batak woman from Humbang Hasundutan, North Sumatra, retraces her life stories through photographs that interweave her past and present as a wife, mother, healer and indigenous land defender in two neighboring villages. Her multi-layered stories are juxtaposed with visual records of everyday life in the two villages, where people’s living space is still increasingly threatened by a giant pulp expansion.

"A documentary film which looks at the issue of British Columbia Native land claims and how the aboriginals link their culture to the land, which has been stolen by the dominant white culture of North America. In the film, the argument is presented that the lands have been taken from the Natives without any clear treaty agreements and how attempts had been made to wipe out Native culture through the Residential School system. " Produced by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs in 1975.

In the most remote areas of the Amazon rainforest, a writer and his anthropologist friend find communities that have resisted change for centuries.

Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washington, with particular reference to the Nisqually Indians of Frank's Landing in Washington.

"Here Where It All Ends" is an experimental, poetic short film that moves between documentary and fiction to address an endangered culture, that of indigenous people in the Brazil. It is, in particular, a sharing of knowledge carried out in Aldeia Bugio, at all stages of 16mm filming, botanical development and sound capture in a collective way. It seeks to reactivate the memory of the origins of the Laklãnõ/Xokleng people.

An anthropologist goes to the mountains to study the problems of the indigenous people and finds out that they are being dispossessed of their lands.

The Experimental Eskimos is a documentary film that explores the lives of the indigenous Eskimo people living in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It delves into the social and political changes they have experienced and highlights their struggle for indigenous rights. The film showcases the cultural richness of the Eskimo community and the challenges they face due to political and social changes. It sheds light on their ongoing fight for recognition and preservation of their traditions and heritage, amidst the ever-changing world around them.