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The contents of this guide were added or created by Aliya Dalfen and Joseph Chan in collaboration with Indigenous Education and Engagement at Humber College.
Streaming Video eResources
- Kanopy Videos This link opens in a new windowType "indigenous studies" in the search bar to see documentaries on and about indigenous peoples.
- Criterion On-Demand This link opens in a new windowContains streaming feature films and documentaries. Troubleshooting: update your browser or try another browser like Microsoft Edge or Apple Safari to play the video.
- CBC Curio This link opens in a new windowCBC Curio includes a content category for Indigenous Studies.
- Aboriginal Voice: The National Film Board and Aboriginal Filmmaking Throughout the Years (NFB)Curated playlist of films (by Métis writer/director Gil Cardinal) available through the National Film Board of Canada
- Indigenous Cinema at NFBDiscover the NFB’s rich online collection of Indigenous-made films.
- McIntyre Media - Indigenous PlaylistHumber curated playlist on McIntyre Media of Indigenous films.
- National Film Board of CanadaThe National Film Board of Canada streams videos for free on a variety of topics relating to Canada and the people living here. Search for "indigenous" in the search bar or see the Aboriginal Voice curated playlist link also on this page.
- Alanis Obomsawin - National Film Board PlaylistOne of the most acclaimed Indigenous directors in the world, Alanis Obomsawin came to cinema from performance and storytelling. Hired by the NFB as a consultant in 1967, she has created an extraordinary body of work—more than 50 films and counting—including landmark documentaries like Incident at Restigouche (1984) and Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993). The Abenaki director has received numerous international honours and in 2019 was named a Companion of the Order of Canada—its highest distinction. “My main interest all my life has been education,” says Obomsawin, “because that’s where you develop yourself, where you learn to hate, or to love.”
- Tasha Hubbard - National Film Board PlaylistTasha Hubbard (Cree) is an award-winning filmmaker and an Assistant Professor in the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of English. Hubbard won a Gemini Canada Award for her first solo project, Two Worlds Colliding, an exposé of the infamous “starlight tours,” whereby Saskatoon police were abandoning Indigenous men in freezing winter conditions. With her acclaimed 2017 documentary Birth of a Family, made in collaboration with journalist Betty Ann Adam, Hubbard parses the Sixties Scoop legacy: a practice that saw more than 20,000 Indigenous babies removed from their birth families and placed in foster homes or adopted. Hubbard speaks and writes widely on racism and Indigenous media both in Canada and abroad.
Featured DVDs
- Community healing programs [videorecording] byCall Number: KE7722.C75 C66 2013Publication Date: 2013Rethinking Justice: Building Partnerships Between Police and Aboriginal People for Healthy Communities
- The Lesser Blessed byCall Number: PN1997.2 .L47 2013An eye-opening account of what it is like to be a vulnerable teenager in the modern world. Through the eyes of Larry Sole, a First Nation teenager filled with bravado and angst, comes the story of three unlikely friends isolated in a small rural town discovering what they can of life and love and racial tensions, in a world by a dark mystery from his past
- Rumble: Indians Who Rocked the World byCall Number: ML3557.R86 2017Publication Date: 2017Filmmaker Catherine Bainbridge examines the role of Native Americans in contemporary music history. She exposes a critical missing chapter, revealing how indigenous musicians helped influence popular culture.