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5x5: Voices of Change from the Forests of Indonesia + Hope: Indigenous Climate Change Solutions

Five short films from Indigenous communities across Indonesia show their response to threats to their forests posed by miners, loggers, palm oil plantations and global warming. In the sixth film a Dayak Iban community inspires hope as it offers a simple solution to the global climate crisis.

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Face to Face Media | 2008 | 37 minutes

Aboriginal Architecture

New structures in seven North American Native communities that reinterpret traditional forms for contemporary purposes.

Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 93 minutes

About Everything There Is to Know

An exploration of the work of César Vallejo—one of the most important Latin American authors of the 20th century — and his inspirational town.

Pragda Films | 2021 | 92 minutes

Agave: The Spirit of a Nation

An expressive documentary capturing the spirit of a nation and the people trying to protect it.

Pragda Films | 2018 | 79 minutes

Ainu - Indigenous People of Japan

The life stories of Ainu elders and their efforts to keep their culture alive

GOOD DOCS | 2019 | 61 minutes

Ama

The untold story of the involuntary sterilization of Native American women by the Indian Health Service well into the 1970s.

Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 74 minutes

Amazon Mirror

During the 1980s, Brazil's military dictatorship erected a massive Amazon dam, leaving residents without electricity for 40 years. A film crew explores the decision to stay.

Pragda Films | 2020 | 78 minutes

America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie

Tells the story of one of the most astonishing alterations of nature, the North American tallgrass prairie. This title has one or more clips.

Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 60 minutes

American Outrage

Two elderly Western Shoshone sisters, the Danns, put up a heroic fight for their land rights and human rights.

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 56 minutes

Another Word For Learning

When Aisha decides to quit school, her mother, troubled by her own colonial education, sees this as an opportunity for them both to reconnect with their Kwakwaka'wakw culture.

GOOD DOCS | 2019 | 72 minutes