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09/22/2026

NEWS FLASH! Leaving Beringia will be released on TELUS Optik TV and TELUS TV+ on October 1. The feature length documentary follows Cree-Métis filmmaker Barbara Todd Hager on a journey that takes her to eight of the oldest Indigenous occupation sites in North America. Her conversations with First Nations knowledge keepers, and leading archaeologists results in groundbreaking corroborative insights about the peopling of the Americas more than 20,000 years ago.
To watch Leaving Beringia on Optik TV or the TELUS TV+ app, you need a TELUS Cable subscription. If you don't have a TELUS cable package, you can still watch TELUS films & series, 90 free featured channels, Netflix, Amazon Primer and Disney Plus by subscribing to Stream+.

09/11/2026

Exciting news! Leaving Beringia premieres on TELUS Optik and other TELUS platforms on September 29, 2026!

04/21/2026

Hollywood North Magazine writer Owen Pham penned this insightful review of Director Barbara Hager's documentary Leaving Beringia . Rarely does a filmmaker get this kind of feedback on their creative process and the social impact of a film about Indigenous world view.

In February 2026, the Canadian documentary Leaving Beringia made its world premiere at the Victoria Film Festival, marking a significant moment for Indigenous storytelling in contemporary cinema.