Movies with an Indigenous Lead
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- DirectorSteve PinkStarsAmber MidthunderTaylor GrayBethany Anne LindAlbee and Walker, a couple on the verge of divorce. Albee wants out, while Walker wants to make it work, no matter the damage. A weekend in the mountains to work through a book that might save their relationship via total, brutal honesty.
- CreatorJulian HarveyEnzo TedeschiStarsMark Coles SmithDwaine StevensonDan MorAn investigation into a death on board a ship docking at a remote space station leads to a deadly turn of events.
- CreatorKarissa ValenciaStarsEsther MbireTalon Proc AlfordKimberly GuerreroFollows Native American sibling trio Kodiak, Summer and Eddy Skycedar, who have a shared secret: they're Spirit Rangers!
- DirectorStuart MillarStarsRichard WidmarkFrederic ForrestLuana AndersA young, rebellious Ute Indian joins the rodeo circuit and falls in with a drunken mentor who teaches him the ways of the ring and the world.
- DirectorLarissa BehrendtStarsMartha PennyMuriel O'LoughlinJohn MaynardTells the deeply personal and poignant stories of three Indigenous AFL players.
- DirectorLeah PurcellStarsLeah PurcellRob CollinsSam ReidA lonely bushwoman struggles to raise her children and run the family farm while her husband is away.
- StarsAaron PedersenTasia ZalarTasma WaltonDetective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station. Soon, Jay's investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.
- StarsMark Coles SmithTuuli NarkleDaniel HenshallFollows Jay Swan, a young officer who arrives at his new station in the town where his estranged father lives, as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary.
- DirectorJason MomoaStarsJason MomoaRobert Homer MollohanLisa BonetWolf, a Native American on the run after avenging his mother's murder, flees across the desolate American West on his motorcycle, where he'll discover that justice has a cost.
- DirectorJenica BergereStarsSkyler SamuelsMartin SensmeierThomas CocquerelWhen a young widow rents a room to a mysterious veteran, their attraction sparks unforeseen circumstances.
- DirectorPaul Damien WilliamsStarsGeoffrey Gurrumul YunupinguMark GroseMichael HohnenGURRUMUL is a portrait of an artist on the brink of global reverence, and the struggles he and those closest to him faced in balancing that which mattered most to him and keeping the show on the road.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStarsLorenzo LamasBranscombe RichmondDon LaFontaineAfter crooked cop Lieutenant "Dutch" Dixon kills his girlfriend and frames him for murder, Reno Raines escapes from jail and goes on the run.
- DirectorJon BellStarsShari SebbensMeyne WyattAn Aboriginal psychological horror, THE MOOGAI is the story of a family terrorized by a child-stealing spirit.
- DirectorPhilippa BatemanStarsPaul GrabowskyRuby HunterArchie RoachWash My Soul in the River's Flow is a cinematic reinvention of a legendary concert that premiered in 2004. Kura Tungar-Songs from the River was a collaboration between First Nations singer-songwriters Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter working with Paul Grabowsky and the 22-piece Australian Art Orchestra. Using footage combining conversations, rehearsals, and the opening night, with breathtaking images of Hunter's Ngarrindjeri country in South Australia, the film is a portrait of artists at the peak of their powers and a profoundly moving story of loss, love and what it means to truly come 'home'.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsJason MomoaMarlow BarkleyChris O'DowdA young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
- DirectorMarcus NispelStarsJason MomoaRon PerlmanRose McGowanA vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to get his revenge on the evil warlord who attacked his village and murdered his father when he was a boy.
- DirectorChristian CamargoStarsMartin SensmeierMainei KinimakaZahn McClarnonBased on true events in the early 1900s Wild West, Willie Boy falls in love with Carlota from the Chemehuevi tribe despite being forbidden to be together. A fatal incident forces the young couple to flee the only place they know as home.
- StarsJason MomoaChris SharmaMeagan MartinAmateur climbers go through a series of mental and physical challenges in a competition to crown the world's best amateur climber.
- DirectorAmiel Courtin-WilsonStarsJack CharlesAn intimate documentary of Jack Charles, a.k.a. "Jackie", the legendary Australian aboriginal actor who co-founded Australia's first indigenous theatre company and struggled with his identity later in life.
- StarsJames LaurensonKate FitzpatrickDavid GulpililDrama series set in outback Australia about aboriginal policeman Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Based on the books by Arthur Upfield.
- CreatorIan WeirMichele McMahonStarsAdam BeachPascale HuttonKevin McNultySeries set in Yellowknife portrays renegade bush pilots at work and play in northern Canada.
- DirectorCamille DelamarreStarsHenry GoldingNoomi RapaceDaniela MelchiorAn assassin is given a contract to kill seven people around the world only to discover the targets are also assassins who have been hired to kill him.
- DirectorLawrence R. HottStarsSteve RushingwindThe Warrior Tradition tells the astonishing, heartbreaking, inspiring, and largely-untold story of Native Americans in the United States military. Why do they do it? Why would indigenous men and women put their lives on the line for the very government that took their homelands?
- DirectorJoshua BellStarsJames CromwellDjalu GurruwiwiAboriginal elders, Djalu Gurruwiwi, and his sister, Dhanggal, strive to shepherd their clan through countless internal and external pressures, while searching desperately for new custodians to safeguard their musical and cultural legacy.
- DirectorTadashi NakamuraStarsJohn 'Prime' HinaEstria MiyashiroMele Murals is a documentary on the transformative power of modern graffiti art and ancient Hawaiian culture for a new generation of Native Hawaiians. At the center of the story are two renowned street artists - Estria Miyashiro (aka Estria) and John Hina (aka Prime) - a group of Native Hawaiian youth, and the rural community of Waimea. Set against the resurgence of Hawaiian language and culture of the past twenty years, Estria and Prime tell how their street art has taken them on personal journeys to discover their history, identity and responsibilities as Hawaiian people. Estria, who left Hawai'i to study art in San Francisco, made a name for himself as an internationally known graffiti artist before returning to reconnect with his Hawaiian roots. Prime, who grew up in the projects and became one of the first kings of the Honolulu graffiti scene, left a life of hustling and drugs after the birth of his first child and returned to the art when he realized it was a way to help youth. Through the stories of these two graffiti artists and their joint quest to uphold Hawaiian culture through mural-making, Mele Murals shows how public art rooted in underground graffiti unexpectedly but powerfully fuses with Native Hawaiian traditions and contemporary life to impact the students, the town of Waimea, and most of all the artists.
- CreatorBorga DorterJeff GutheimZoe Norton LodgeStarsCatherine TateNiky WardleyWilliam McKennaCatherine Tate plays a disgraced member of the British Royal Family who is sent to rule Australia.
- CreatorBrian DuffieldStarsNicolas CantuMae WhitmanDarren BarnetA group of shipwrecked characters attempt to escape from an island inhabited by horrifying monsters, including the giant primate who rules the island: Kong.
- DirectorIvan SenStarsSimon BakerRob CollinsNatasha Wanganeen'Limbo' follows the investigation of a twenty year-old outback cold case murder by jaded detective Travis Hurley.
- DirectorGina GammellRiley KeoughStarsAnjeliq AuroraSean BakerIona Red BearThe interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
- DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsCate BlanchettAswan ReidDeborah MailmanA nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.
- CreatorDavid WhiteStarsRobyn MalcolmTemuera MorrisonVilla Junior LemanuThe biggest deal of an international criminal network in the Pacific is thwarted by an ordinary couple.
- DirectorLeon DingHuida LinYongchang LinStarsMario LopezJosh PeckJoseph S. LambertBoonie bears and Bald Qiang work together with secret primitive girl to smash a conspiracy to destroy old-growth forest.
- DirectorTrevor MackStarsNathaniel ArcandPauline Bob-KingMelanie BobbyAn Indigenous teenage boy fights through distorting realities as a family secret unravels.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsBruce BennettMalaMonte BlueAn expedition arrives on an uncharted jungle island to rescue the local natives, led by a jungle boy, from a volcano that is about to erupt.
- DirectorJames WanStarsJason MomoaPatrick WilsonYahya Abdul-Mateen IIBlack Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom.
- DirectorJustin LeeStarsRandy CharachTito OrtizEd MorroneWhen a group of ex-military members is hired to retrieve a lost bag of stolen money, their mission becomes more difficult after a lone hunter finds the bag first.
- StarsJason MomoaMax SchaafJeremiah ArmentaJason Momoa travels across the country to meet the extraordinary individuals blazing their own path - from craftsmen, to motorcycle fabricators, musicians to athletes.
- DirectorPaul GoldmanStarsNathan PhillipsLuke CarrollLisa FlanaganIn Prospect Bay, a remote outpost on the South Australian coast, two communities, the Goonyas and the Nungas, come together on the one field they have in common, the football field. But the underlying racism and class warfare threatens to make the team's greatest victories irrelevant. This holds particularly true for Blacky, a white teen who is more interested in books than sport, and his best friend, Dumby, the Aboriginal star of the team.
- DirectorMcKay DainesStarsThomas GibsonGraham GreeneLouise LombardA rogue NSA agent joins an elite group of Native American trackers who call themselves the Shadow Wolves as they engage in missions to protect justice in America and abroad.
- DirectorScott MartinStarsJason PatricLou Diamond PhillipsChristoph SandersA tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run, and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in a boom town gone bust called Big Kill.
- StarsAaron Fa'aosoStrait to the Plate is an unprecedented culinary odyssey through six Torres Strait Islander communities unearthing the food, culture, language and way of life.
- DirectorLance MungiaStarsYuji OkumotoMarcus ChongTito OrtizOn his way to becoming an immortal demon, a gang leader orchestrates the murder of an ex-con and his girlfriend.