Heather Rae

Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax has cared for her niece Roki by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga Reservation in Oklahoma. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. At the risk of losing custody to Jax’s grandfather, Frank, the pair hit the road and scour the backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow. What begins as a search gradually turns into a far deeper investigation into the complexities and contradictions of Indigenous women moving through a colonized world and at the mercy of a failed justice system.

Uma adolescente rebelde que vive em uma área quase abandonada de Houston, no Texas, entra em colisão direta com seu rabugento vizinho. Ele costumava ser um toureiro, mas seus dias de glória nas arenas foram deixados para trás. Entrando em contato um com o outro, os dois têm suas vidas mudadas para sempre.

In 2016, Stacie is barely scraping by in the small city of Rutland, Vermont. Manufacturing jobs have moved out, the opioid crisis has moved in and the working poor are at their breaking point. Stacie collects bottles to stretch her husband’s unemployment benefits, while she raises her kids and keeps herself off heroin. So when Rutland’s mayor takes the controversial step of accepting 100 Syrian refugees as part of his economic diversification plan, Stacie is torn. With so few jobs and government resources available to the people who already live there, residents begin to split along xenophobic and compassionate lines. Invalidated all her life for her poverty and addiction, Stacie could just as easily succumb to the white rage that crystallizes around her as identify with the intense daily struggles she shares with the incoming refugees. Nuanced and passionate, this fascinating look at a town divided reveals an unlikely hero caught in a flashpoint of Trump’s America.

Na década de 1970, Merata Mita (1942-2010) rompeu barreiras de raça, classe e gênero para se tornar a primeira mulher maori a escrever e dirigir um longa-metragem. Ela se tornou uma das cineastas mais conhecidas da Nova Zelândia e uma voz poderosa para os povos indígenas de todo o mundo. Neste filme, o filho mais novo de Merata, Hepi, cria um retrato íntimo de sua falecida mãe. Com base em imagens do trabalho da diretora, bem como em entrevistas com ela antes de pegar uma câmera, Hepi captura Merata como cineasta, mãe, esposa e mentora.

Each time Tazbah, a young professional woman gets into a ride-share car she takes on the unexpected role of becoming a free history teacher as her drivers struggle to pronounce her name.

Lily (Lucy Hale), Chloe (Kathryn Prescott), Amelia (Alexandra Shipp) e Rebecca (Awkwafina) são quatro amigas que depois de anos do ensino médio, precisam lidar com responsabilidades, problemas e os desafios da vida como jovens adultas.

A group of friends and family descend into the Everglades swamplands for their annual hunting trip only to discover that they are the ones being hunted. A malevolent entity is tracking them and they begin to realise one of their party may be possessed by something brought home from a tour of duty in the Middle East – a demon of war so horrible and deadly they are unaware of its devilish presence. Or are they facing something even more unspeakable, a legendary Native American curse about to unleash its dreadful legacy of thirsting for colonial revenge by claiming more souls?

The story of a group of friends who reunite for their annual 4th of July weekend only to be confronted by Chad, a strange and beautiful nature photographer who begins to change their lives one by one.

Follows the lyrical journey of an imaginative teenage girl who runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter, but not even unicorns can save her now.

Kate e Chloe, duas melhores amigas de infância, estão quase com 30 anos e decidem fazer uma viagem de carro através do país para a cidade natal delas, na tentativa de ganharem a coroa do concurso de beleza que elas não conseguiram quando crianças.

This is the story of the courageous all-female Apache 8 firefighting unit which has protected their reservation and responded to wildfires around the nation for 30 years. This group, which recently became co-ed, earned the reputation of being fierce, loyal and dependable--and tougher than their male colleagues. Despite facing gender stereotypes and the problems that come with life on the impoverished reservation, the women became known as some of the country's most elite firefighters. The film focuses on four women from different generations of Apache 8 crewmembers who speak tenderly and often humorously of hardship, loss, family, community and pride in being a firefighter.

As one warm October day unfolds, the sleepy town of Buhl, Idaho will never be the same. A fish farmer finds his crop destroyed, a couple of kids are playing an unusual game in the sun-dappled fields, and after a wild party a sleepless teenager is harboring an awful secret….

Filmmaker Heather Rae trains her lens on America's foster care system and the plight of children whose families can no longer provide proper support.

Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one.

In 1934 on the serene Navajo reservation, Mary Jane spends her time daydreaming and tending to her family's flock of sheep. When her older sister returns from boarding school with a world geography book, she reveals new worlds that are "just over the mountain." Conflicted by her obedient nature and her curious imagination, Mary Jane must privately decide to either maintain her lifestyle or depart into the exotic unknown.

Ray Eddy vive em um trailer no interior do estado de Nova York. Tímida e reservada, ela enfrenta problemas para manter a família unida após seu marido ter sumido com o dinheiro que seria usado como entrada para a compra da casa de seus sonhos. Para conseguir a quantia Ray se une a Lila Littlewolf, uma contrabandista, e passa a atravessar ilegalmente imigrantes pela fronteira entre o Canadá e os Estados Unidos. O percurso segue o congelado rio St. Lawrence, com as duas transportando chineses e paquistaneses no porta-malas do carro de Ray.

No inverno de 1932, durante a Lei seca, Quebec Bill Bohomme tenta manter protegida sua criação de gado. Com o rigor do inverno Quebec Bil decide se envolver no esquema de contrabando de bebidas da família.

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

A classic comedy of mistaken identity and romance set during the holiday season at a ski resort that is owned and operated by a Native American Nation. Shot on location at The Sundance Resort in Utah, this is the first contemporary romantic comedy to feature an almost entirely American Indian cast. The film was featured at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.

A lawyer returns to her Cree reservation to defend her sister against murder charges.

A lawyer returns to her Cree reservation to defend her sister against murder charges.