Indigenous movies
There are many great movies about Indigenous people and culture. Here’s a list of some of them:
Films by Non-Indigenous directors:
| Film title | Director | Movie type | Year |
| A Dying Shame | Paul Roy | documentary | 1997 |
| Aborignial Rules |
Liam Campbell (co-director) |
drama | 2002 |
| Babakiueria | Don Featherstone | comedy | 1987 |
| Backroads | Phillip Noyce | drama | 1977 |
| Benny and The Dreamers | Ivo Burum | documentary | 1993 |
| Beyond The Dreamtime | John Lind | documentary | 1994 |
|
Black And White |
Craig Lahiff | drama | 2002 |
| Blackfellas | James Ricketson | drama | 1993 |
| Bush Mechanics | David Batty (co-director) | comedy | 2001 |
| Coolbaroo Club | Roger Scholes | documentary | 1996 |
| Dead Heart | Nick Parsons | drama | 1997 |
| Deadly | Esben Storm | drama | 1992 |
| How The West Was Lost | David Noakes | documentary | 1987 |
| Jedda | Charles Chauvel | drama | 1955 |
| Kanyini | Melanie Hogan | documentary | 2006 |
| Liyarn Ngarn | Martin Mhando | documentary | 2007 |
| Rabbit Proof Fence | Phillip Noyce | drama | 2002 |
| September | Peter Carstairs | drama | 2007 |
| Serenades | Mojgan Khadem | drama | 2001 |
| Sisters, Pearls and Mission Girls | David Batty | documentary | 2003 |
| Storm Boy | Henri Safran | drama | 1976 |
| Ten Canoes | Rolf de Heer | drama | 2006 |
| The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Fred Schepisi | drama | 1978 |
| The Life of Harry Dare | Aleski Vellis | drama | 1995 |
| The Fringe Dwellers | Bruce Beresford | drama | 1987 |
| The Naked Country | Tim Burstall | drama | 1993 |
| The Tracker | Rolf de Heer | drama | 2002 |
| Think About It | Richard and Wendy Friar | political documentary | 2007 |
| Walkabout | Nicolas Roeg | drama | 1971 |
| Where the Green Ants Dream | Werner Herzog | documentary | 1984 |
| Wrong Side of the Road | Ned Lander | drama | 1981 |
| Yolngu Boy | Stephen Johnson (III) | drama | 2001 |
| Film title | Director | Movie type | Year |
| Aboriginal Rules | Francis Kelly (co-director) | drama | 2002 |
| A Sister's Love | Ivan Sen | documentary | 2007 |
| Aunty Connie | Ivan Sen | documentary | 2006 |
| Back Seat | Pauline Whyman | drama | 2007 |
| Bedevil | Tracey Moffatt | drama | 1993 |
| Beneath Clouds | Ivan Sen | drama | 2002 |
| Bit of Black Business | various | compilation | 2007 |
| Black Chicks Talking | Leah Purcell | documentary | 2002 |
| Bloodlines | Jacob Nash | short | 2007 |
| Bush Mechanics | Francis Kelly (co-director) | comedy | 2001 |
| Case 442 | Mitch Torres | drama | 2005 |
| Crocodile Dreaming | Darlene Johnson | drama | 2007 |
| Custard | Michelle Blanchard | drama | 2007 |
| Days Like These | Martin Leroy Adams | drama | 2007 |
| Done Dirt Cheap | Debbie Carmody | short | 2007 |
| Fly, Peewee, Fly | Sally Riley | short | 1995 |
| Freedom Ride | Rachel Perkins and Ned R Lander | documentary | 1993 |
| Hush | Dena Curtis | comedy | 2007 |
| Island Fettlers | Kelrick Martin | documentary | 2006 |
| Jackie Jackie | Adrian Willis | short | 2007 |
| Journey | Ivan Sen | short | 1997 |
| Kwatye | Trisha Morton-Thomas | comedy | 2007 |
| La Perouse Panthers | Michael Longbottom | documentary | 2006 |
| Marluku Wirlinyi - Kangaroo Hunters | Timothy J. Marshall & Craig J. Williams | documentary | 1998 |
| My Bed Your Bed | Erica Glynn | short | 1998 |
| My Brother Vinnie | Steven McGregor | documentary | 2006 |
| Nana | Warwick Thornton | short | 2007 |
| Nigger Lovers | Rhonda Hagan | documentary | 2007 |
| Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy | Tracey Moffatt | short | 1990 |
| No Way to Forget | Richard Franklin | short | 1996 |
| One Night the Moon | Rachel Perkins | musical/drama | 2001 |
| Plains Empty | Beck Cole | short | 2004 |
| Radiance | Rachel Perkins | drama | 1998 |
|
Sa Black Thing |
Rima Tamou | short | 2005 |
| Samson and Delilah | Warwick Thornton | drama | 2009 |
| Sharpeye | Aaron Fa'aoso | short | 2007 |
| Shifting Shelter 3 | Ivan Sen | documentary | 2006 |
| Stolen Generations | Darlene Johnson | documentary | 2000 |
| Tears | Ivan Sen | short | 1998 |
| The Djarn Djarns | Wayne Blair | short | 2004 |
| The Turtle | Kelli Cross | short | 2007 |
| Too Late | Michael Longbottom | short | 2007 |
| Two Big Boys | Jon Bell | short | 2007 |
| Vote Yes for Aborigines | Frances Peters-Little | documentary | 2007 |
| Warm Strangers | Ivan Sen | short | 1997 |
| Wind | Ivan Sen | short | 1999 |
| Yellow Fella | Ivan Sen | short | 2005 |
Source: http://www.creativespirits.info/resources/movies/index.html
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