Native American Reservation Movies

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances, and politics.

An elderly rodeo rider becomes mentor to a young man attempting to make his own name in the business.

An L.A. cop tracks down a seemingly mystic murderer on an Indian reservation.

Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian...

Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site...

A deputy sheriff defies local ranchers to investigate a Mexican's murder.

Comedy based on the plight of modern Native Americans living on reservations.

Anita grew up on the Seneca Indian reservation, and for the first time ever, she's bringing her partner Rachel to meet her parents.

It explores the effect that methamphetamine has had on the Navajo Nation and interviews the people whose lives have been affected by the highly...

What begins as a Navajo officer's investigation into a prop plane crash on his Southwest reservation gives way to a drug smuggling ring and murder.

A documentary examining the mysterious deaths of three young Indigenous women in south-central Montana, featuring access to family members, tribal...

In 1934 on the serene Navajo reservation, Mary Jane spends her time daydreaming and tending to her family's flock of sheep. When her older sister...

Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washington, with particular reference to the Nisqually...

Two journalists traverse the Grand Canyon by foot, hoping this 750-mile walk will help them better understand one of America's most revered...

It would be hard to name anyone who has had more of an impact in the realm of animal research and wildlife conservation than Jane Goodall, whose 45...

A riveting documentary detailing the case of Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis, a Native American woman who disappeared in 2020. Her story exposes how...

With exclusive access to the lives of 8 women, ranging in age from 10 to 98, explore powerful testimonials of loss and survival and gain insight into...

The Heart Stays tells the story of two Native American sisters who leave the traditions and safety of their Native nation to follow their own...

A Papago Indian returns to his reservation after a prison term and searches for his brother's killer.

An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977,...