Alanis Obomsawin

DirectingBorn 1932-08-31 (93)Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

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

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Filmography

75 credits

Alanis Obomsawin

Known For

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Christmas at Moose Factory

The Devil's Share

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

Incident at Restigouche

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Mother of Many Children

Amisk

Bones of Crows

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Filmography

My Friend the Green Horse

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

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

Bones of Crows

Wabano: The Light of the Day

Upstairs With David Amram

Bill Reid Remembers

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

Le grand solstice

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak

Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak

La semaine des 4 Julie

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Bonsoir bonsoir!

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

The Devil's Share

Walking Is Medicine

Our People Will Be Healed

Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Trick or Treaty?

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

The Federal Court Hearing

The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

Waseteg

When All the Leaves Are Gone

Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'

Capturing Reality

Dream Magic

Gene Boy Came Home

Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

Sigwan

Our Nationhood

Is the Crown at war with us?

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later

Walker

No Address

Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

Incident at Restigouche

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

Cold Journey

Cree Way

Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

Sounds from Our People: Old Crow

Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora

Mother of Many Children

Amisk

Our Dear Sisters

Eliza's Horoscope

Xusum

Salmon

Basket

Farming

Objects in Our Daily Lives

Mount Currie Summer Camp

Puberty - Part 1

Puberty - Part 2

Moose Call