Join Us to View The Eternal Song
Watch the trailer for The Eternal Song and enter your email to view the FULL film. You’ll be invited to make a donation of any amount to support Indigenous projects, with the option to upgrade to the 13-film journey and talk series.
Available in the following languages: Bulgarian, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Kalaallisut, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai.
The Vision
Our vision for the 13-film The Eternal Song documentary series is to honor Indigenous resilience, illuminate sacred wisdom held for humanity and Earth, and invite healing across communities facing trauma and colonial erasure.
About the film
The Eternal Song, the first in a 13-film documentary series, is a cinematic journey through timeless lands and Indigenous cultures. Voices from across generations and traditions invite us to witness the enduring scars of colonization on lands and peoples, and the healing pathways carried through ancestral wisdom.
Entrusted with medicine stories, the film grapples with colonial legacies, intergenerational trauma, and the culture of separation that fragments our lives.
The film reveals how modernity severs our connection to nature, each other, and the ancestral realm, while feeding us empty promises of salvation, unlimited consumption and economic growth, and individual happiness.
As we are drawn into the intricate web of kinship and honoring the living presence of Mother Earth, we awaken a deeper remembrance. A sacred dance comes to life and we begin to hear the eternal song of Life itself, calling us back to belonging.
The Eternal Song
13-FILM SERIES
Over the next two years, we will release a total of 13 full-length films featuring different indigenous traditions. Each film opens a portal into the ancestral wisdom of these cultures, calling us to remember, grieve, heal, and act.
Mauri
LAND: AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)
70 Minutes • WATCH NOW
If an Owl
Calls Your Name
LAND: Esk’etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet’suwet’en (CANADA)
92 MINUTES • WATCH NOW
In the Circle
of Life
LAND: BUNDJALUNG & WIRADJURI (AUSTRALIA)
75 Minutes • WATCH NOW
Katô: Dreams
of Dark Earth
LAND: DAJE KAPAP EYPI (BRAZIL)
76 MINUTES • WATCH NOW
Little Singer
LAND: DINÉ BIKÉYAH (ARIZONA)
81 MINUTES • WATCH NOW
Sila
LAND: KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)
60 MINUTES • WATCH NOW
Flowers of The Earth
LAND: MATO GROSSO DO SUL (BRAZIL)
COMING August 25th, 2026
Kupuna ʻĀina
LAND: MOKUPUNI HAWAI’I
OCTOBER 2026
Ifá
LAND: TSENACOMOCO (VIRGINIA)
November 2026
Eseuseu
LAND: OLOSHO LE MAA (KENYA)
January 2027
Mongolia
LAND: Mongol Nation (MONGOLIA)
MARCH 2027
Haida
LAND: HAIDA GWAII (CANADA)
APRIL 2027
See other films from SAND:
Mauri
LAND: AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)
If an Owl Calls
Your Name
LAND: UNIST’OT’EN YIN’TAH (CANADA)
In the
Circle of Life
LAND: BUNDJALUNG & WIRADJURI (AUSTRALIA)
Katô:
Dreams of Dark Earth
LAND: DAJE KAPAP EYPI (BRAZIL)
Little Singer
LAND: DINÉ BIKÉYAH (ARIZONA)
Sila
LAND: KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)
Flowers of The Earth
LAND: MATO GROSSO DO SUL (BRAZIL)
Kupuna ʻĀina
LAND: MOKUPUNI HAWAI’I
Ifá
LAND: TSENACOMOCO (VIRGINIA)
Eseuseu
LAND: OLOSHO LE MAA (KENYA)
MONGOLIA
LAND: Mongol Nation (MONGOLIA)
Haida
LAND: HAIDA GWAII (CANADA)
See other films from SAND:
The Guardians
in the Films
SAND is a nonprofit organization under section 501.c.3 of the US tax code. Its headquarters are on the unceded ancestral territories of Coastal Miwok and Southern Pomo Land in Sebastopol, CA. We thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
