Herbie Barnes

Movies6

• Movie7.5

  Documentary

  In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness.

  Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

  1993 · 15 votes

• Movie5.1

  TV MovieDrama

  Story of a man whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that even with the death of his wife and the loss of his job that they can and will survive. After hitting brick wall after brick wall comes a glimmer of hope.

  Hidden in America

  1996 · 12 votes

• Movie5.4

  DramaFamily

  A teenage boy fights to save the Spirit Bear.

  Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story

  2005 · 7 votes

• Movie6.6

  DramaCrime

  Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian Silas Crow is forced to write a personal essay in order to get a much-desired job, he tells the story of the rape and murder of an Indian girl by a drunken thug. When the killer received a lenient two-year sentence for manslaughter, the First Nations community felt shock and anger—and tried desperately to deal with the after-effects of this lack of justice.

  Dance Me Outside

  1995 · 26 votes

• Movie7.0

  FamilyAdventure

  Jesse Threebears is a troubled Native-American teen who has been tossed from one foster home to the next since his mother died when he was an infant. Finally, he is taken in by his grandfather who, after a ten year stint in prison, is living on the reservation. With the help of his grandfather and several others who live on the reservation, Jesse begins to learn about his heritage and how to come to terms with his troubled life.

  Spirit Rider

  1993 · 3 votes

• Movie2.9

  Drama

  Johnny GreyEyes is a girl from an injun family. Since her childhood she was abused by her father and one day she killed him. She was arrested and convicted by the court to a long term in local prison. Where she finds the woman, another inmate, who became for her and her family and her first love.

  Johnny Greyeyes

  2000 · 4 votes