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ImagineNative · 2025

ImagineNative 2025

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Remaining Native

Review preview for Remaining Native

Bethmann understands the situation well, but her closeness to the teenager and the personal character that the film takes on as a result is something else.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Ku Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggles to navigate his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great grandfather's escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect past, present, and future.

(Year: 2025; Director: Paige Bethmann; Stars: Ku Stevens)

Full review See: Interview with Paige Bethmann and Jessica Epstein about Remaining Native

Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man

An intimate exploration of Indigenous masculinity.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Trevor Solway; Writer: Trevor Solway)

Singing Back The Buffalo

Review preview for Singing Back The Buffalo

The film feels at first as if it’s tugging in several different directions, but gradually pulls it all together.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Indigenous visionaries, scientists and communities are rematriating the buffalo to the heart of the North American plains they once defined, signaling a turning point for Indigenous nations, the ecosystem, and our collective survival.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Tasha Hubbard; Writer: Tasha Hubbard, Bonnie Thompson, Amethyst First Rider)

Full review See: Interview with Tasha Hubbard about Singing Back The Buffalo

#skoden

Review preview for #skoden

Eagle Bear does an impressive job, often by focusing on feelings first and addressing moments which speak to character rather than trying to amass a linear assemblage of facts.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A documentary about Pernell Bad Arm, who was briefly famous for standing up to racism.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Damien Eagle Bear; Writer: Damien Eagle Bear; Stars: Pernell Bad Arm)

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