Indigenous Cinema AtlasAbya Yala and Turtle Island
AMERICAS
Country totals

Filmmakers and films indexed by country

Layers

. Native Land Digital · overlapping territorial references.

Map key
Reading the atlas

Larger land names have more linked filmmakers in this index. Indigenous scripts are retained. Connections include sourced affiliations and catalog matches awaiting review.

Preview land by pointing at the map. Select a name to open its filmmakers. Overlapping names appear in the reading panel. Names without a mapped area remain in Land.

Country totals count indexed filmmakers and distinct films. A sourced association may place a filmmaker in more than one country. Totals do not establish Indigenous identity, citizenship or residence.

Solid lines have an affiliation source. Dashed lines are catalog matches awaiting review. The lines connect index references, not filmmakers’ residences.

Land names and shapes: Native Land Digital / National Geographic MapMaker, 2023 snapshot. Names have different historical and political uses; these shapes are references rather than definitive boundaries.

Territorial source and attribution ↗ Native Land’s separate language constellation ↗
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Drag to pan. Scroll or pinch to zoom at the pointer. Plus and minus zoom; Home returns to overview. Fit selection locates the selected reference. Overview retains the index selection.

Move across the land. Read its names in the margin.Natural Earth · Native Land Digital / MapMaker · 2023