Native Sci-fi Films and Trailers
by William Lempert
Supplement to the article:
NAVAJOS ON MARS
Native Sci-fi Film Futures
by William Lempert
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(Updated December 2022)
STREAMING FILMS (In order of duration)
Thunderbird Strike - Elizabeth LaPensée (Anishinaabe/Metis) 2mins.
The Visit - Lisa Jackson (Anishinaabe) 4 mins.
How to Steal a Canoe - Amanda Strong (Métis/Cree/Anishinaabe) 4 mins.
Hoverboard - Sydney Freeland (Navajo) 6 mins.
The Path without End - Elizabeth LaPensée (Anishinaabe/Metis) 6 mins.
TimeTraveller™ - Skawennati (Mohawk) 6 mins.
File under Miscellaneous - Jeff Barnaby (Mi’kmaq) 7 mins.
Delivery From Earth - Michael Becker (non-Native/Native cast) 7 mins.
Wakening - Danis Goulet (Cree/Métis) 9 mins.
Kindred - Josh Bryer (non-Native/Native cast) 9 mins.
The Rocket Boy - Donavan Seschillie (Navajo) 11 mins.
The Burden of Being - Rodrick Pocowatchit (Comanche/Pawnee/Shawnee) 11 mins.
Four Faces of the Moon - Amanda Strong (Métis/Cree) 13 mins.
Reclamation - Thirza Cuthand (Plains Cree/Scot) 14 mins.
Gonawindua - G. Cavalli and J.M. Suárez (Kogi) 14 mins.
The 6th World - Nanobah Becker (Navajo) 15 mins.
Indigenous Futurism Project - Student Film 16 mins.
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) - Amanda Strong (Métis/Cree) 19 mins.
Future Warrior - Jeana Francis and Nigel LongSoldier (Pawnee) 28 mins.
Anamata Future News - (Maori TV Crew) 4 mins each, 35 mins total.
VIRTUAL REALITY TRAILERS
Biidaaban: First Light - Lisa Jackson (Anishinaabe)
Thalu: Dreamtime is Now - Tyson Mowarin (Ngarluma)
Future Dreaming - Sutu (non-Native/Native cast)
Collisions - Lynette Wallworth (non-Native/Native cast)
ANIMATED TRAILERS
Indigo - Amanda Strong (Métis/Cree)
The Peacemaker Returns - Skawennati (Mohawk)
FILM/TV TRAILERS
?E?anx (The Cave) — Helen Haig-Brown (Tsilhqot’in)
Slash/Back - Nyla Innuksuk (Inuit) 87 mins.
Blood Quantum - Jeff Barnaby (Mi’kmaq) 93 mins.
Night Raiders - Danis Goulet (Cree-Métis) 97 mins.
Parallel Minds - Benjamin Ross Hayden (Métis) 86 mins.
Cleverman - Wayne Blair (Batjala Mununjali Wakkawakka) ABC TV Series
The Northlander - Benjamin Ross Hayden (Métis) 98 mins.
Dreamland - Ivan Sen (Koori) 88 mins.
The People - Willi White (Lakota) TBA
The Migration - Sydney Freeland (Navajo) 10 mins.
Prey - Dan Trachtenberg (non-Native) 100mins.
Legends from the Sky - Hamilton Holt (non-Native/Native cast) 85 mins.
William Lempert is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He regularly collaborates with Aboriginal media organizations in Northwestern Australia on film projects.
