Alanis Obomsawin

Alanis Obomsawin

Known for
Directing
Born
August 31, 1932 (age 94)
Birthplace
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

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

Photos

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Filmography

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The Retaliation Hearings

The Retaliation Hearings

Movie · Director

2024
My Friend the Green Horse poster

My Friend the Green Horse

Movie · Director

2023
The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court poster

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

Movie · Director

2023
Kattawapiskak Elementary School poster

Kattawapiskak Elementary School

Movie · Director

2023
Outdoor Art Gallery poster

Outdoor Art Gallery

Movie · Director

2023
Let's Study Treaty No. 5 poster

Let's Study Treaty No. 5

Movie · Director

2022
Bill Reid Remembers poster

Bill Reid Remembers

Movie · Director

2022
Upstairs With David Amram poster

Upstairs With David Amram

Movie · Director

2022
Wabano: The Light of the Day poster

Wabano: The Light of the Day

Movie · Director

2021
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair poster

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

Movie · Director

2021
Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak poster

Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak

Movie · Director

2021
Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak poster

Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak

Movie · Director

2019
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger poster

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Movie · Director

2017
Our People Will Be Healed poster

Our People Will Be Healed

Movie · Director

2017
Walking Is Medicine poster

Walking Is Medicine

Movie · Director

2016
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice poster

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Movie · Director

2014
Trick or Treaty? poster

Trick or Treaty?

Movie · Director

2013
Hi-Ho Mistahey!

Hi-Ho Mistahey!

Movie · Director

2012
The People of the Kattawapiskak River

The People of the Kattawapiskak River

Movie · Director

2012
The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later poster

The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

Movie · Director

2012
The Federal Court Hearing poster

The Federal Court Hearing

Movie · Director

2010
When All the Leaves Are Gone poster

When All the Leaves Are Gone

Movie · Director

2009
Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?' poster

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

Movie · Director

2007
Gene Boy Came Home poster

Gene Boy Came Home

Movie · Director

2006
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises poster

Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

Movie · Director

2005
Sigwan poster

Sigwan

Movie · Director

2003
Is the Crown at war with us? poster

Is the Crown at war with us?

Movie · Director

2003
Our Nationhood poster

Our Nationhood

Movie · Director

2000
Rocks at Whiskey Trench poster

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

Movie · Director

1998
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man poster

Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

Movie · Director

1995
My Name Is Kahentiiosta poster

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

Movie · Director

1993
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance poster

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Movie · Director

1991
Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later poster

Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later

Movie · Director

1991
Walker poster

Walker

Movie · Director

1988
No Address poster

No Address

Movie · Director

1987
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place poster

Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

Movie · Director

1987
La Maison Poundmaker - La Voie de la guérison

La Maison Poundmaker - La Voie de la guérison

Movie · Director

1986
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child poster

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

Movie · Director

1984
Incident at Restigouche poster

Incident at Restigouche

Movie · Director

1980
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic poster

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

Movie · Director

1979
Sounds from Our People: Old Crow poster

Sounds from Our People: Old Crow

Movie · Director

1979
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City poster

Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

Movie · Director

1979
Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora poster

Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora

Movie · Director

1979
Cold Journey poster

Cold Journey

Movie · Director

1979
Cree Way poster

Cree Way

Movie · Director

1977
Mother of Many Children poster

Mother of Many Children

Movie · Director

1977
Amisk poster

Amisk

Movie · Director

1975
L’íl’wata

L’íl’wata

Movie · Director

1975
Xusum poster

Xusum

Movie · Director

1975
Basket poster

Basket

Movie · Director

1975
Salmon poster

Salmon

Movie · Director

1975
Puberty - Part 1 poster

Puberty - Part 1

Movie · Director

1975
Puberty - Part 2 poster

Puberty - Part 2

Movie · Director

1975
Farming poster

Farming

Movie · Director

1975
Mount Currie Summer Camp poster

Mount Currie Summer Camp

Movie · Director

1975
Objects in Our Daily Lives poster

Objects in Our Daily Lives

Movie · Director

1972
Moose Call poster

Moose Call

Movie · Director

1972
History of Manawan - Part One poster

History of Manawan - Part One

Movie · Director

1972
History of Manawan - Part Two poster

History of Manawan - Part Two

Movie · Director

1972
Children poster

Children

Movie · Director

1972
The Canoe poster

The Canoe

Movie · Director

1972
Partridge poster

Partridge

Movie · Director

1972
Snowshoes poster

Snowshoes

Movie · Director

1971
Christmas at Moose Factory poster

Christmas at Moose Factory

Movie · Director