Alanis Obomsawin
Directing
Born 1932-08-31
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
Popular credits
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Narrator (voice)
Bones of Crows
TRC Film Director
Capturing Reality
Self
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
Self - Narrator (voice)
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Self
Eliza's Horoscope
Indian Maiden
Is the Crown at war with us?
Narrator (voice)
Bones of Crows
Indigenous Director
Mother of Many Children
Narrator (voice)
Christmas at Moose Factory
Narrator (voice)
Incident at Restigouche
Narrator
Amisk
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
Narrator (voice)
Waseteg
Narrator
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
Narrator
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
Narrator
The Devil's Share
Self (archive footage)
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Self
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Self