Indigenous peoples

  • Pacifiction

    Pacifiction

    Drama, Thriller

    2022

    2h.45min

    6 FSK

    The mesmerizing world of Albert Serra's PACIFICTION departs from the exotic portrayal of Tahiti, presenting an authentic glimpse into its beauty.


  • Zahorí

    Zahorí

    Drama

    2022

    1h.45min

    16+

    In the vast emptiness of the Patagonian steppe, 13-year-old Mora embarks on a journey with an old, indigenous Mapuche gaucho.


  • The Conquest Of The Ruins

    The Conquest Of The Ruins

    Documentary, Independent

    2020

    1h.28min

    16+

    Day laborers, paleontologists and indigenous people give us a glimpse into their lives; social structures intertwine like the epochs of history.


  • Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis

    Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis

    Documentary, Independent

    2016

    1h.45min

    16+

    The future and the present intermingle in this visually stunning docu-fiction, to create a mystical universe in the middle of the French Amazon forest


  • Wildes Denken

    Wildes Denken

    Documentary

    2020

    1h.48min

    0 FSK

    The film clarifies - according to Claude Lévi-Strauss - the "wild thinking" of indigenous cultures based on masks, cult objects, and rituals.


  • Our Mothers

    Our Mothers

    Drama

    2019

    1h.16min

    16+

    Guatemala, 2018. The whole country is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who sparked the civil war.


  • No Kings

    No Kings

    Documentary

    2020

    1h.24min

    16+

    Until a few years ago, the descendants of the indigenous Tupinambá and escaped slaves lived in isolation in Caiçara, not far from Rio de Janeiro.


  • Agrocalypse

    Agrocalypse

    Documentary

    2016

    57min

    12

    An indescribable catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes. How can it be stopped?


  • The Deadly Companions

    The Deadly Companions

    Classics

    1961

    1h.30min

    16+

    Cult director Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch, Steiner) created a swan song to a dying genre with his debut. Starring Brian Keith and Maureen O'Hara.


  • Severino

    Severino

    Kids & Family

    1978

    1h.22min

    12 FSK

    Severino, a member of the indigenous population of South America, returns to his home village after ten years in the city. The situation has deteriorated ...


  • Trail of the Falcon

    Trail of the Falcon

    Kids & Family

    1968

    1h.53min

    6 FSK

    1875: Gold is found in the Black Hills. Gold miners, adventurers and profiteers flock to the land that was contractually guaranteed to the Dakota Indians. ...


  • White Wolves

    White Wolves

    Kids & Family

    1969

    1h.41min

    12 FSK

    The situation of the Native Americans has become even worse. Dakota chief Far-Sighted Falcon (Gojko Mitic) has only a few followers left.


  • Osceola

    Osceola

    Kids & Family

    1971

    1h.48min

    12 FSK

    Director Konrad Petzold addresses the role of Native North Americans and African American slaves in this international production.


  • Ulzana

    Ulzana

    Kids & Family

    1974

    1h.40min

    12 FSK

    GDR-Western, who describes the actions of white settlers against self-sufficient Mimbreno Appacheans trying to settle down in Arizona in the middle of ...


  • Blue Bird

    Blue Bird

    Kids & Family

    1979

    1h.32min

    6 FSK

    North America 1756: English and French are engaged in a war involving the Native Americans and also the family of the settler John Ruster.


  • Piripkura

    Piripkura

    Documentary

    2017

    1h.21min

    6 FSK

    The last two members of the indigenous Piripkura people from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil are fighting for the survival of their people.


  • A Long Way to School

    A Long Way to School

    Kids & Family

    1982

    1h.20min

    6 FSK

    In this self-deprecating parody of the “DEFA Indian films”, Gojko Mitić caricatures himself in his signature role.


  • Apache

    Apache

    Kids & Family

    1973

    1h.24min

    16 FSK

    The story of Ulzana, an Apache chief who has reached a rapprochement with the local Mexican population and generously extends it to whites who travel through ...


  • Chingachgook: The Great Snake

    Chingachgook: The Great Snake

    Kids & Family

    1967

    1h.27min

    6 FSK

    Chingachgook, a Mohawk-born Delaware warrior, strives to rescue his wife Wahtawah from the clutches of an enemy camp of Huron.


  • The Sons of Great Bear

    The Sons of Great Bear

    Kids & Family

    1966

    1h.28min

    12 FSK

    In the first DEFA western, Gojko Mitić plays the war chief Tokei-itho.


  • Tecumseh

    Tecumseh

    Kids & Family

    1972

    1h.48min

    12 FSK

    DEFA-produced film that impressively portrays the tragic fate of the Native Americans who are fought by the Americans and abandoned by the English.


  • Fatal Error

    Fatal Error

    Kids & Family

    1970

    1h.39min

    6 FSK

    The exploitative boss of an oil company promises the indigenous people a share in the oil deposit on their reservation.


  • Yasuní - Two Seconds of Life

    Yasuní - Two Seconds of Life

    Documentary, Independent

    2010

    1h.32min

    16+

    Instead of being exploited for its oil, the President of Ecuador suggests to leave the Yasuní national park untouched.