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Alanis Obomsawin

Alanis Obomsawin

Born: 1932-08-31 • 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.

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Filmography
My Friend the Green Horse poster
My Friend the Green Horse
2024 • Narrator
Bones of Crows poster
Bones of Crows
2023 • TRC Film Director
Bill Reid Remembers poster
Bill Reid Remembers
2022 • Self - Narrator (voice)
Le grand solstice poster
Le grand solstice
2021 • Self
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again poster
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
2021 • Self
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger poster
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019 • Narrator (voice)
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen poster
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019 • Self
The Devil's Share poster
The Devil's Share
2018 • Self (archive footage)
Walking Is Medicine poster
Walking Is Medicine
2017 • Narrator (voice)
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak poster
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
2016 • Narrator (voice)
Trick or Treaty? poster
Trick or Treaty?
2014 • Narrator
No Image
Documenting John Grierson
2014
No Image
Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin
2014 • Self
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights poster
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013 • Narrator
Waseteg poster
Waseteg
2010 • Narrator
Capturing Reality poster
Capturing Reality
2008 • Self
Dream Magic poster
Dream Magic
2008 • Self
Is the Crown at war with us? poster
Is the Crown at war with us?
2003 • Narrator (voice)
Rocks at Whiskey Trench poster
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000 • Self - Narrator (voice)
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance poster
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993 • Narrator (voice)
Incident at Restigouche poster
Incident at Restigouche
1984 • Narrator
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic poster
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
1980 • Narrator
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City poster
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
1979 • Narrator
Mother of Many Children poster
Mother of Many Children
1977 • Narrator (voice)
Amisk poster
Amisk
1977
Our Dear Sisters poster
Our Dear Sisters
1975 • Self
Eliza's Horoscope poster
Eliza's Horoscope
1975 • Indian Maiden
Christmas at Moose Factory poster
Christmas at Moose Factory
1971 • Narrator (voice)