On the brink of eviction, a Hawaiian woman named Anela takes a job from a mysterious sculptor to retrieve stones from a riverbed deep in the forests of northern O‘ahu. River of Small Gods is a modern myth about how the land calls to us to restore our connection to it.

River of Small Gods

On the brink of eviction, a Hawaiian woman takes a job from a mysterious sculptor to retrieve stones from a riverbed deep in the forests of northern O‘ahu.

In Hawaiian culture, each person has the kuleana (responsibility) to malama (care for) ʻāina (land). As Covid-19 brought Maui County's tourism industry to a halt and many faced the hardships of unemployment, more than 70 residents experienced a unique opportunity to engage in nature-based restoration projects and reinvigorated deep and meaningful connections to the ʻāina, and their own sense of purpose.

Healing Land, Healing People

In Hawaiian culture, each person has the kuleana (responsibility) to malama (care for) ʻāina (land). As Covid-19 brought Maui County's tourism industry to a halt and many faced the hardships of unemployment, more than 70 residents experienced a unique opportunity to engage in nature-based restoration projects and reinvigorated deep and meaningful connections to the ʻāina, and their own sense of purpose.

Sam Potter shares the stories and culture that come to life through the crops in his back yard: "Gift of a Garden is a simple story about learning to keep my garden, but it digs deeper than that, sharing some of the culture and the history that surrounds me."

Gift of a Garden

Gardens can give us so much. Not just plants, but wisdom too.

Beneath the veneer of respectability lies a dark history that has largely remained untold; that in Canada health service has been used as a tool to buttress racist stereotypes, and subjugate and assimilate Indigenous peoples. In five interlocking chapters, The Unforgotten explores Canadian healthcare through the shared experience of Inuit, Metis and First Nations people.

The Unforgotten

From confederation, when colonial health policies were overt and deemed acceptable, to the present day where intolerance persists as culture and race-based bias in care, The Unforgotten explores the history of Canadian healthcare through an Indigenous lens.

On May 5, 2014, legendary Nisqually Tribal leader Billy Frank Jr., passed away after a lifetime of fighting for Tribal fishing rights and ecosystem health. Arrested at 14 for fishing, he went on to recieve the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Today Billy Frank Jr.’s son Willie Frank III, continues these efforts as one of the youngest leaders in his Tribe's history. Time spent with Willie on the Nisqually River reveals a compelling vision of people and place moving forward together.

Nisqually Moving Forward

Legendary tribal leader Billy Frank, Jr., dedicated his life to fishing and land rights in the Pacific Northwest. His son, Nisqually Chairman Willie Frank III shares a vision for a path forward during time spent on the river.

WITNESS tells a story about trade blankets from their introduction to North America during the fur trade era to contemporary statements of identity and resistance.

WITNESS

Native artists and historians explore the unique role trade blankets play in their families and communities.

Set in southern Arizona, twenty miles from the Mexico border on the Tohono O'odham Nation, a six-year-old Indigenous girl (Amaya Juan) discovers a Hispanic migrant her age who has lost her father while traveling through the Tohono O'odham tribal lands into the United States.

Burros

A young Indigenous girl discovers a Hispanic migrant her age who has been separated from her father in the beautiful but dangerous Sonoran desert.

When they learn their grandfather is ill, four cousins travel from their Indigenous Triqui immigrant community in California to their ancestral village in Mexico for the first time. The teenagers record videos to share with their family members, who are farmworkers in the U.S. Through a mixture of Spanish, Triqui, and English, they get to know their grandparents, aunts and uncles. The group of cousins forge a link across thousands of miles, with a newfound pride in their indigenous identity.

First Time Home

When they learn their grandfather has become gravely ill, four cousins travel from their Indigenous Triqui immigrant community in California to their ancestral village in southern Mexico to meet their relatives for the first time.

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