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The Indigenous Studies Collection

Films from the Docuseek2 collection that cover the history, culture, and contemporary experience of indigenous people around the world. Films range from reports of initial contact between Europeans and Africans and South Americans to contemporary challenges of First Nations people to maintain their identity, spiruality and territorial claims.

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The Indigenous Studies Collection includes the following titles:

10th Parallel - image10th Parallel

A voyage deep into the Amazon to explore the implications of Brazil's policy on uncontacted indigenous tribes.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 87 minutes | 9-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
A Better Life - imageA Better Life

Returning to Todos Santos after 30 years, a look at the profound economic and social changes that have transformed this Guatemalan Mayan village.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
A Day with... Abdoul [Niger] - imageA Day with... Abdoul [Niger]

Eight African filmmakers each contributed a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 13 minutes
A Day with... Alhousseni [Niger] - imageA Day with... Alhousseni [Niger]

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 13 minutes
A Day with... Ato [Burkina Faso] - imageA Day with... Ato [Burkina Faso]

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 13 minutes
A Day with... Fousseyni [Mali] - imageA Day with... Fousseyni [Mali]

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 13 minutes
A Day with... Mara [Senegal] - imageA Day with... Mara [Senegal]

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 13 minutes
A Day with... Moussa [Senegal] - imageA Day with... Moussa [Senegal]

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 13 minutes
A Day with... Ngone [Senegal] - imageA Day with... Ngone [Senegal]

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 13 minutes
A Day with... Sitan Foune [Mali] - imageA Day with... Sitan Foune [Mali]

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 13 minutes

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