Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 31, 1932
Place of Birth
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Credits
85 titles
Alanis Obomsawin
Biography
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
Filmography
My Friend the Green Horse
Narrator
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
Self
Let's Study Treaty No. 5
Director
The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
Director
Kattawapiskak Elementary School
Director
Outdoor Art Gallery
Director
Bones of Crows
Indigenous Director
Bones of Crows
TRC Film Director
Wabano: The Light of the Day
Director
Upstairs With David Amram
Scenario Writer
Bill Reid Remembers
Self - Narrator (voice)
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
Director
Le grand solstice
Self
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Self
Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak
Director
Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak
Director
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
Narrator (voice)
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Self
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Self
The Devil's Share
Self (archive footage)
Walking Is Medicine
Narrator (voice)
Our People Will Be Healed
Director
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
Narrator (voice)
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
Director
Trick or Treaty?
Narrator
Documenting John Grierson
Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin
Self
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
Director
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
Narrator
The People of the Kattawapiskak River
Director
The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later
Director
The Federal Court Hearing
Producer
When All the Leaves Are Gone
Director
Waseteg
Narrator
Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'
Director
Capturing Reality
Self
Dream Magic
Self
Gene Boy Came Home
Director
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
Producer
Sigwan
Director
Our Nationhood
Writer
Is the Crown at war with us?
Narrator (voice)
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
Self - Narrator (voice)
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
Director
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
Writer
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Narrator (voice)
Heritage Minutes
Narrator
Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later
Writer
Walker
Director