indigenous lgbt
23 movies and shows
The Business of Fancydancing
Mon, 14 Jan 2002
Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Indian poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.
Wildhood
Fri, 17 Jun 2022
Link and his brother flee their abusive father and embark on a journey where Link discovers his sexuality and rediscovers his Mi’kmaw heritage.
This Place
Fri, 09 Sep 2022
Living in the liminal space between worlds, two young women find themselves falling in love for the first time, while also being forced to unexpectedly confront their families, each complicated by legacies of love and loss.
I Seek Your Help to Bury a Man
Wed, 25 Jan 2023
Empire of Brazil, 1870. A queer indigenous body slowly dies on the cross while a transgender gypsy woman is banned by her people. A half-breed soldier stands in the middle of the way. A child and an old woman cross their stories like destined lines on the palm of a hand.
Leitis in Waiting
Mon, 16 Apr 2018
The story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga Leitis, an intrepid group of transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in the South Pacific Kingdom.
Big Eden
Tue, 18 Apr 2000
Henry Hart is a young gay artist living in New York City. When his grandfather has a stroke, Henry puts his career on hold and returns home to the small town of Big Eden, Montana, to care for him. While there, Henry hopes to strike up a romance with Dean Stewart, his high-school best friend for whom he still has feelings. But he's surprised when he finds that Pike, a quiet Native American who owns the local general store, may have a crush on him.
Fire Song
Sun, 13 Sep 2015
Shane, a gay Anishnabe teenager in Northern Ontario, is struggling to support his family in the aftermath of his sister's suicide. If he fails, he will be forced to choose between his family's home and his own future.
Forest Echoes
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
A love story set against the backdrop of the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic, Echo and Wild are two urban Indigenous land defenders. On the one-year anniversary of their arrest on the front lines, a death in their community opens old wounds but also offers them a chance to heal.
Two Spirits
Sun, 21 Jun 2009
Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16 by a man who bragged to his friends that he 'bug-smashed a fag'. But Fred was part of an honored Navajo tradition - the 'nadleeh', or 'two-spirit', who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits.
Once Upon a Time in the Bay
Wed, 19 Oct 2022
When two LGBTQ+ Indigenous friends desperately search for fellow gay people in a straight-ass NZ beach town, they find that the true pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is PRIDE.
Kawa
Sun, 17 Oct 2010
A psychological drama of a family in crisis. Kawa, a successful Māori businessman in Auckland, New Zealand, is forced to reveal his lifelong secret - that he is gay.
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
Thu, 17 Sep 1992
Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, men's responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles. Interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel, "Forbidden Love".
Wërapara
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
Amidst the Colombian Andes, a group of trans women from the Embera Chami community make their way into the international fashion scene, empowered through artistic collaboration and creation while preserving their spiritual heritage and ancestral connection to their territory.
Minority Within a Minority
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
Ritni Pieski wishes it was easier for Sámi queer youth to grow up in their community. In this short film, Pieski addresses the lack of representation and information about queer people and rights within the Sámi people.
Drunktown's Finest
Sat, 18 Jan 2014
On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous but gorgeous Nádleehi (trans person)- search for love and acceptance.
Mother
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
Nikawiy (Mother) explores the process of decolonization, where Indigenous language and family connections are voices and bodies that create a dynamic experience for a child. When that relationship is taken away, the dynamic becomes a thread of uncertainty.
Sweetheart Dancers
Sat, 23 Feb 2019
Sean and Adrian, a Two-Spirit couple, are determined to rewrite the rules of Native American culture through their participation in the “Sweetheart Dance.” This celebratory contest is held at powwows across the country, primarily for heterosexual couples … until now.
Glimmer
Fri, 13 Mar 2026
Glimmer, an aspiring performance artist, debuts her one woman show: "Glimmer - One Last Shine!" However, something about this show isn't quite right as her audience is forced to watch as Glimmer's sanity slowly unravels.
Natives
Fri, 08 Mar 2013
Anita grew up on the Seneca Indian reservation, and for the first time ever, she's bringing her partner Rachel to meet her parents.