National Film Board of Canada - Indigenous Short Films Screenings

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Enjoy a selection of short films by Indigenous creators to support your learning and reflection on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The films will be playing continuously on a loop during the library's opening hours.

My Friend the Green Horse | 2024 | 11 min

In a luminous blend of stop-motion animation and live action, My Friend the Green Horse tells the true story of acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin’s childhood refuge in a dream world rich with animal spirits. At the heart of this world is the Green Horse, a tender and wise companion who, along with other creatures, guides young Alanis through visions of her Abenaki homelands. In these nightly adventures, she learns to embrace life’s beauty and to live with compassion. This short yet powerful film is a poetic tribute to the lasting gifts of childhood imagination, cultural memory and spiritual connection.

Woodland Spirits | 2007 | 27 min:

In this documentary short, two men paddle a canoe across a remote part of northern Lake Superior. Each stroke brings them closer to the culmination of an artistic and spiritual journey, one that begins with ancient rock paintings from their Anishinaabe ancestors.

Now is the Time | 2019 | 16 min:

When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii in almost a century. On the 50th anniversary of the pole’s raising, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter steps easily through history to revisit that day in August 1969, when the entire village of Old Massett gathered to celebrate the event that would signal the rebirth of the Haida spirit.

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