Alanis Obomsawin

Known for: Directing
Born: August 31, 1932, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Movies: 92

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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Best-Known Movies

7.5

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

1993

6.8

Bones of Crows

2023

6.1

Capturing Reality

2008

6.6

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

2000

6.7

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019

4.4

Eliza's Horoscope

1975

6.6

Is the Crown at war with us?

2003

8.0

Mother of Many Children

1977

8.0

Christmas at Moose Factory

1971

6.8

The Hoarder

1969

Filmography

2024	My Friend the Green Horse	Narrator
2023	Bones of Crows	TRC Film Director
2022	Bill Reid Remembers	Self - Narrator (voice)
2021	Le grand solstice	Self
2021	Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again	Self
2019	Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger	Narrator (voice)
2019	Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen	Self
2018	The Devil's Share	Self (archive footage)
2017	Walking Is Medicine	Narrator (voice)
2016	Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak	Narrator (voice)
2014	Trick or Treaty?	Narrator
2014	Documenting John Grierson
2014	Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin	Self
2013	Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights	Narrator
2010	Waseteg	Narrator
2008	Capturing Reality	Self
2008	Dream Magic	Self
2003	Is the Crown at war with us?	Narrator (voice)
2000	Rocks at Whiskey Trench	Self - Narrator (voice)
1993	Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance	Narrator (voice)
1984	Incident at Restigouche	Narrator
1980	Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic	Narrator
1979	Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City	Narrator
1977	Mother of Many Children	Narrator (voice)
1977	Amisk
1975	Our Dear Sisters	Self
1975	Eliza's Horoscope	Indian Maiden
1971	Christmas at Moose Factory	Narrator (voice)

Directing, Writing & Producing

2024	My Friend the Green Horse	Director, Writer, Producer
2023	The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court	Director
2023	Kattawapiskak Elementary School	Director
2023	Outdoor Art Gallery	Director
2023	Let's Study Treaty No. 5	Director
2022	Wabano: The Light of the Day	Director, Writer
2022	Upstairs With David Amram	Director
2022	Bill Reid Remembers	Director, Writer, Producer
2021	Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair	Director, Writer, Producer
2021	Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak	Director
2021	Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak	Director
2019	Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger	Director, Writer, Producer
2017	Walking Is Medicine	Director, Producer
2017	Our People Will Be Healed	Director
2016	We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice	Director
2014	Trick or Treaty?	Director, Writer
2013	Hi-Ho Mistahey!	Director, Writer
2012	The People of the Kattawapiskak River	Director, Writer
2012	The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later	Director, Writer, Producer
2012	The Federal Court Hearing	Director, Writer, Producer
2010	When All the Leaves Are Gone	Director, Writer, Producer
2009	Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'	Director, Writer
2007	Gene Boy Came Home	Director
2006	Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises	Director, Writer, Producer
2005	Sigwan	Director, Writer
2003	Our Nationhood	Director, Writer
2003	Is the Crown at war with us?	Director, Writer
2000	Rocks at Whiskey Trench	Director, Writer
1998	Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man	Director, Writer, Producer
1995	My Name Is Kahentiiosta	Director, Writer, Producer
1993	Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance	Director, Producer, Writer
1991	Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later	Writer, Director, Producer
1991	Walker	Director
1988	No Address	Director, Producer
1987	Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place	Director, Writer, Producer
1987	La Maison Poundmaker - La Voie de la guérison	Director
1986	Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child	Director, Writer, Producer
1984	Incident at Restigouche	Director, Writer, Producer
1980	Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic	Director
1979	Cold Journey	Director
1979	Cree Way	Director
1979	Sounds from Our People: Old Crow	Director
1979	Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City	Director
1979	Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora	Director
1977	Mother of Many Children	Director, Writer, Producer
1977	Amisk	Director
1975	L’íl’wata	Director
1975	Xusum	Director
1975	Basket	Director
1975	Salmon	Director
1975	Puberty - Part 1	Director
1975	Puberty - Part 2	Director
1975	Farming	Director
1975	Mount Currie Summer Camp	Director
1975	Objects in Our Daily Lives	Director, Producer
1972	Moose Call	Director
1972	History of Manawan - Part One	Director, Producer
1972	History of Manawan - Part Two	Director, Producer
1972	Children	Director
1972	The Canoe	Director
1972	Partridge	Director
1972	Snowshoes	Director
1971	Christmas at Moose Factory	Director, Writer
1969	The Hoarder	Writer

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