
Alanis Obomsawin
Department: Directing
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

Trick or Treaty?
2014

Documenting John Grierson
2014

Bones of Crows
2023

Amisk
1977

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993

Bill Reid Remembers
2022

Incident at Restigouche
1984

Waseteg
2010

Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
1979

Our Dear Sisters
1975

Walking Is Medicine
2017

Capturing Reality
2008

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019

Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000

Mother of Many Children
1977

Is the Crown at war with us?
2003

Dream Magic
2008

Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin
2014

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019

Christmas at Moose Factory
1971

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
1980

The Devil's Share
2018

Le grand solstice
2021

Eliza's Horoscope
1975

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
2021

Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
2016

My Friend the Green Horse
2024

La semaine des 4 Julie
2020

Bonsoir bonsoir!
2019

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
2024

Bones of Crows
2023