Metis Movies
- 1986
Mistress Madeleine
Mistress Madeleine01986HD
Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this film, set in the 1850s, unfolds against the backdrop of the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly of the...
- 1991
Women in the Shadows
Women in the Shadows01991HD
Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...
- 1987
First Journey, Fort William
First Journey, Fort William01987HD
Set in 1815, this is the dramatic story of a child of the fur trade, son of a Native mother and a Scottish-Canadian fur trader. John Mackenzie's...
- 1979
Canada Vignettes: December Lights
Canada Vignettes: December Lights71979HD
Animated film of a traditional Franco-Manitoban tale that resembles the story of the first Christmas.
- 2021
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again82021HD
After marrying a settler, Mary Two-Axe Earley lost her legal status as a First Nations woman. Dedicating her life to activism, she campaigned to have...
- 2002
How the Fiddle Flows
How the Fiddle Flows02002HD
How the Fiddle Flows follows Canada's great rivers west along the fur-trading route of the early Europeans. The newcomers introduced the fiddle to...
- 1985
Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage
Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage01985HD
This very short film from the Canada Vignettes series documents the annual pilgrimage that members of Saskatchewan’s Métis Catholic...
- 1980
Nose and Tina
Nose and Tina01980HD
The unusual story of Nose and Tina, 2 people in love. He is employed as a brakeman, she as a sex worker.
- 2015
Nimmikaage: She Dances for People
Nimmikaage: She Dances for People02015HD
Both a requiem for and an honoring of Canada's First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women, this short film deconstructs the layers of Canadian...
- 1969
Louis Riel
Louis Riel01969HD
Opera by Harry Somers portraying Metis leader Louis Riel and his Northwest Rebellion.
- 1961
L'homme du lac
L'homme du lac01961HD
- 1968
Travelling College
Travelling College01968HD
- 1978
The Red Dress
The Red Dress71978HD
Kelly is a Métis man without treaty or hunting rights, struggling to sustain his traditional life. His daughter Theresa longs for a red dress...