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Alanis Obomsawin

b. 1932 (age 94)

Director Writer

Alanis Obomsawin, OC (born August 31, 1932) is a Canadian filmmaker of Abenaki descent. Born in New Hampshire, and raised primarily in Quebec, she has produced and directed many National Film Board of Canada documentaries on First Nations culture and history. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alanis Obomsawin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Is the Crown at War with Us?

Is the Crown at War with Us?

Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

Our People Will Be Healed

Our People Will Be Healed

Filmography

The CBC and NFB Through the Eyepiece

My Friend the Green Horse

2024 Actress Director Writer

NiiMisSak: Sisters in Film

The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court

Kattawapiskak Elementary School

Outdoor Art Gallery

Let's Study Treaty No. 5

Important to Us

Wabano: The Light of the Day

2022 Director Writer

Bill Reid Remembers

2022 Actress Director Writer

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

2021 Director Writer

Upstairs with David Amram

2021 Director Writer

Don Burnstick in Kattawapiskak

Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak

Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen

Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen

Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger

Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger

2019 Actress Director Writer

Our People Will Be Healed

Our People Will Be Healed

Walking is Medicine

2017 Actress Director Writer

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

2016 Actress Director Writer

Trick or Treaty?

Trick or Treaty?

2014 Actress Director Writer

Documenting John Grierson

Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin

Hi-Ho Mistahey!

2013 Actress Director Writer

The People of the Kattawapiskak River

The People of the Kattawapiskak River

2012 Actress Director Writer

The Federal Court Hearing

2012 Director Writer

The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

2012 Director Writer

When All the Leaves Are Gone

2010 Director Writer

Professor Norman Cornett

2009 Actress Director Writer

Gene Boy Came Home

Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

2006 Director Writer

2005 Director Writer

Our Nationhood

2003 Actress Director Writer

Is the Crown at War with Us?

Is the Crown at War with Us?

2002 Actress Director Writer

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

2000 Actress Director Writer

Spudwrench

1997 Director Writer

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

1995 Director Writer

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

1993 Actress Director Writer

Walker

Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later

1991 Director Writer

No Address

1988 Director Writer

Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

1987 Director Writer

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

1986 Director Writer

Incident at Restigouche

Incident at Restigouche

1984 Actress Director Writer

Luna, Luna, Luna

Une aurore boréale

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

1980 Self Director Writer

Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora

Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora

1979 Director Writer

Sounds from Our People: Old Crow

Sounds from Our People: Cree Way

Sounds from Our People: Cold Journey

Gabriel Goes to the City

Mother of Many Children

Mother of Many Children

1977 Actress Director Writer

Amisk

1977 Self Director

Eliza's Horoscope

Eliza's Horoscope

Mount Currie Summer Camp

Our Dear Sisters

Puberty - Part 1

Objects in Our Lives

Puberty - Part 2

History of Manawan: Part One

History of Manawan: Part Two

History of Manawan: Part Two

Christmas at Moose Factory

Christmas at Moose Factory

1971 Director Writer

Charley Squash Goes to Town

Charley Squash Goes to Town

Les descendants - Les grands noms de l'Histoire

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