The programme is a selection of Indigenous -made films by filmmakers from diverse nations across Canada. These films reflect Indigenous experiences and provide an opportunity for dialogue, cross-cultural exchange and greater understanding.

While the majority of films offered as part of this programme are intended for students in grades 9 to 12, a limited selection is also available for younger viewers. If you teach elementary or middle school, write to contactus@reelcanada.ca to discuss the options.

Winner of the Hot Docs Audience Award and Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary, Rumble reveals an essential and, until now, missing chapter in the history of popular music: the Indigenous influence. Lifting the veil on the enormous impact made by First Nations and Native American musicians including Robbie Robertson, Link Wray, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Charley Patton, Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Ed Davis and more, Rumble celebrates their genre-changing and undeniably catchy influence. Blending audio archives, concert footage and interviews with industry icons from Tony Bennett to Steven Tyler and Martin Scorsese, this Hot Docs and Sundance award–winner is an unforgettable and political exploration of a musical history that was silenced for too long.

From exploring the Indigenous origins of the city’s name, to the murder of a Mississauga chief that nearly caused all-out war, “Acknowledgment” sheds light on how Indigenous people’s lives and histories have shaped Toronto’s origins and asks the question; in this era of reconciliation, how do we acknowledge our collective history? Learn more at http://toronto.ca/museums

Celebrated Anishinaabe humorist and author Drew Hayden Taylor explores everything from the weird and wacky, to the deep and profound ways of Native life. Examining stereotypes and traditions while discovering cool new ways Indigenous Peoples in North America are changing the world and re-shaping their culture in the 21st century. Each week Drew takes a wild journey of discovery from concert halls to desert ruins and from video game conventions to treacherous cliff pole-fishing expeditions.