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ClevermanCleverman
Sundance, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy | ► Trailer
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The six-episode series is set in the near future where a group of non-humans battle for survival in a world where humans feel increasingly inferior to them and want to silence, exploit and kill them. The central story revolves around two estranged indigenous brothers who are forced together to fight for their own survival. Otherworldly dreamtime creatures also emerge into this real world dystopian landscape.


The Queen and the ConquerorThe Queen and the Conqueror
Netflix, 2020 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, History | ► Trailer



This is the story of Catalina, the indigenous woman who gave away her soul, her heart and her life to a conqueror. "The Queen and the Conqueror" rebuilds one of the first love stories that took place in America, between an indigenous woman and a Spaniard. After establishing the city of Cartagena, Pedro de Heredia, motivated by the need to save his brother, betrays Catalina. Heartbroken, she escapes, only to come back 18 years later, as a grown woman. In her soul, her only mission is: revenge. To end Pedro de Heredia's life, the same way that he, after making her fall for him, ended hers.


The Pacific In The Wake of Captain CookThe Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook
History, 2018 Cancelled/Ended | Adventure, History, Documentary



Actor Sam Niell retraces the route Capt. James Cook took 250 years before on his legendary journey across the Southwest Pacific, explores the cultures of the islands Cook visited, and discusses Cook's controversial legacy with the locals.


Primal Survivor: Mighty MekongPrimal Survivor: Mighty Mekong
Nat Geo, 2022 Cancelled/Ended | Travel, Documentary



Survivalist Hazen Audel travels 500 miles along the Mekong River Basin, in the journey of a lifetime. He faces remote jungle and flooded plains, soaring cloud-forest and brutal limestone peaks, relying only on the traditional survival skills of the Mekong's indigenous people - all at the toughest time of the year, when Monsoon Season peaks, and the landscape is at its wildest and most challenging.


Rise (Viceland)Rise (Viceland)
Viceland, 2017 Cancelled/Ended | Documentary



We travel to Indigenous communities across the Americas to meet people protecting their homelands and rising up against colonization.


The First InventorsThe First Inventors
SBS, 2023 On Hiatus | History, Documentary



Logie Award-winning actor and proud Tiwi Islander man Rob Collins leads a team of First Nations investigators in uncovering more than 65,000 years of invention and innovation. The First Inventors is the story of how entire landscapes were transformed, how prehistoric events were recorded as far back as the last ice age, how people navigated over extraordinary distances, and how whole societies were organised. From ancient superhighways for trade, long distance communication systems using secret languages engraved into message sticks, and unique social systems built to maintain genetic diversity, The First Inventors not only explores the past, but questions whether this ancient knowledge might hold answers to humanity's most pressing modern challenges.


1491: The Untold Story of the Americas before Columbus1491: The Untold Story of the Americas before Columbus
APTN, 1970 Cancelled/Ended | History, Documentary | ► Trailer
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1491: The Untold Story of the Americas before Columbus is based on the book "1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus" by Charles C. Mann (Knopf, 2005). It brings to life the complexity, diversity and interconnectedness of Indigenous peoples in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. Presented from an Indigenous-perspective the series is a journey along a timeline that dates from 20,000 years ago to 1491. The origins and history of ancient Indigenous societies in North, Central and South America are interpreted by leading Indigenous scholars and cultural leaders in the fields of archaeology, art history, ethnology, genetics, geology, and linguistics.


Masters of the Pacific Coast: The Tribes of the American NorthwestMasters of the Pacific Coast: The Tribes of the American Northwest
BBC Four, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | History, Documentary



Dr Jago Cooper explores the extraordinary and resilient culture of the American Northwest, revealing one the most inspiring stories in human history.


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