Alanis Obomsawin
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.
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Movies (80)
My Friend the Green Horse
2024 · Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer
The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
2023 · Director
Kattawapiskak Elementary School
2023 · Director
Outdoor Art Gallery
2023 · Director
Let's Study Treaty No. 5
2023 · Director
Bones of Crows
2023 · TRC Film Director
Wabano: The Light of the Day
2022 · Director, Writer
Upstairs With David Amram
2022 · Director, Scenario Writer
Bill Reid Remembers
2022 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Location Sound Recordist, Musician, Researcher, Producer
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
2021 · Director, Writer, Producer
Le grand solstice
2021 · Self
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
2021 · Self, Vocal Coach
Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak
2021 · Director
Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak
2021 · Director
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer, Researcher
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019 · Self
The Devil's Share
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Walking Is Medicine
2017 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer
Our People Will Be Healed
2017 · Director
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
2016 · Narrator (voice)
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
2016 · Director
Trick or Treaty?
2014 · Narrator, Director, Writer, Researcher
Documenting John Grierson
2014
Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin
2014 · Self
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
2013 · Director, Writer
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013 · Narrator
The People of the Kattawapiskak River
2012 · Director, Writer
The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later
2012 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Federal Court Hearing
2012 · Director, Writer, Producer
Waseteg
2010 · Narrator
When All the Leaves Are Gone
2010 · Director, Writer, Producer
Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'
2009 · Director, Writer
Capturing Reality
2008 · Self
Dream Magic
2008 · Self
Gene Boy Came Home
2007 · Director
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
2006 · Director, Writer, Producer
Sigwan
2005 · Director, Writer
Our Nationhood
2003 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Is the Crown at war with us?
2003 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
1998 · Director, Writer, Producer
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995 · Director, Writer, Producer
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Script, Writer
Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later
1991 · Writer, Director, Script, Producer
Walker
1991 · Director
No Address
1988 · Director, Producer, Script
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place
1987 · Director, Writer, Producer
La Maison Poundmaker - La Voie de la guérison
1987 · Director
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
1986 · Director, Writer, Producer
Incident at Restigouche
1984 · Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
1980 · Narrator, Director, Script
Cold Journey
1979 · Director
Cree Way
1979 · Director
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
1979 · Narrator, Director
Sounds from Our People: Old Crow
1979 · Director
Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora
1979 · Director, Script
Mother of Many Children
1977 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer
Amisk
1977 · Director
Our Dear Sisters
1975 · Self
Eliza's Horoscope
1975 · Indian Maiden
L’íl’wata
1975 · Director
Xusum
1975 · Director
Basket
1975 · Director
Salmon
1975 · Director
Puberty - Part 1
1975 · Director
Puberty - Part 2
1975 · Director
Farming
1975 · Director
Mount Currie Summer Camp
1975 · Director
Objects in Our Daily Lives
1975 · Director, Producer
Walk With Dignity
1972 · Music
Moose Call
1972 · Director
History of Manawan - Part One
1972 · Director, Producer, Translator
History of Manawan - Part Two
1972 · Director, Producer, Translator
Children
1972 · Director
The Canoe
1972 · Director
Partridge
1972 · Director
Snowshoes
1972 · Director
Christmas at Moose Factory
1971 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
The Hoarder
1969 · Writer
The Retaliation Hearings
· Director
