Alanis Obomsawin

ActorDirectorSoundProducerCrew Aug 31 (age 93) Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA 1969–2024 (55 year career)

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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

Film

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Narrator (voice)

Film

Bones of Crows

TRC Film Director

Film

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Self

Film

Capturing Reality

Self

Film

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

Self - Narrator (voice)

Film

Is the Crown at war with us?

Narrator (voice)

Film

Mother of Many Children

Narrator (voice)

Film

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Narrator (voice)

Filmography

Acting (33)

Movies (29)

My Friend the Green Horse

2024

as Narrator

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

as Self

Bones of Crows

as TRC Film Director

Bill Reid Remembers

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Le grand solstice

2021

as Self

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

2021

as Self

8.0

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

2019

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019

as Self

6.7

The Devil's Share

2018

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Walking Is Medicine

2017

as Narrator (voice)

Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak

2016

as Narrator (voice)

Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin

2014

as Self

Documenting John Grierson

2014

Trick or Treaty?

2014

as Narrator

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

2013

as Narrator

Waseteg

2010

as Narrator

5.0

Dream Magic

2008

as Self

Capturing Reality

2008

as Self

6.1

Is the Crown at war with us?

2003

as Narrator (voice)

6.5

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

2000

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.3

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

1993

as Narrator (voice)

7.4

Incident at Restigouche

1984

as Narrator

7.5

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

1980

as Narrator

Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

1979

as Narrator

Mother of Many Children

as Narrator (voice)

Amisk

Our Dear Sisters

as Self

Eliza's Horoscope

1975

as Indian Maiden

3.5

Christmas at Moose Factory

1971

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

Television (4)

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

2024

as Self

Bones of Crows

2023

as Indigenous Director

8.0

La semaine des 4 Julie

as Self

Bonsoir bonsoir!

as Self

Crew (74)

Movies (74)

My Friend the Green Horse

2024

Director

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

2023

Director

Let's Study Treaty No. 5

2023

Director

Kattawapiskak Elementary School

2023

Director

Outdoor Art Gallery

2023

Director

Upstairs With David Amram

2022

Director

Bill Reid Remembers

2022

Director

Wabano: The Light of the Day

2022

Director

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

2021

Director

9.0

Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak

2021

Director

Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak

2021

Director

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

2021

Vocal Coach

8.0

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

2019

Director

8.0

Our People Will Be Healed

2017

Director

5.7

Walking Is Medicine

2017

Director

Walking Is Medicine

2017

Producer

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

2016

Director

Trick or Treaty?

2014

Director

Hi-Ho Mistahey!

2013

Director

6.3

The Federal Court Hearing

2012

Director

The People of the Kattawapiskak River

2012

Director

The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

2012

Director

When All the Leaves Are Gone

2010

Director

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

2009

Director

Gene Boy Came Home

2007

Director

Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

2006

Director

6.0

Sigwan

2005

Director

Our Nationhood

Cinematography

Our Nationhood

Director

Our Nationhood

Director of Photography

7.0

Our Nationhood

2003

Writer

7.0

Is the Crown at war with us?

2003

Director

6.5

Is the Crown at war with us?

2003

Writer

6.5

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

2000

Director

6.3

Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

1998

Director

7.0

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

1995

Director

8.0

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

1993

Director

7.4

Walker

1991

Director

Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later

1991

Writer

No Address

Director

No Address

Producer

No Address

Script

Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

1987

Writer

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

1986

Writer

Incident at Restigouche

1984

Director

7.5

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

1980

Director

Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

1979

Director

Sounds from Our People: Old Crow

1979

Director

Cree Way

1979

Director

Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora

1979

Director

Cold Journey

1979

Director

Mother of Many Children

Director

Amisk

Director

Mount Currie Summer Camp

1975

Director

Farming

1975

Director

Salmon

1975

Director

Xusum

1975

Director

Basket

1975

Director

Puberty - Part 2

1975

Director

Puberty - Part 1

1975

Director

L’íl’wata

1975

Director

Objects in Our Daily Lives

1975

Director

History of Manawan - Part Two

1972

Director

Walk With Dignity

1972

Music

The Canoe

1972

Director

Moose Call

1972

Director

Partridge

1972

Director

Snowshoes

1972

Director

Children

1972

Director

History of Manawan - Part One

1972

Translator

Christmas at Moose Factory

Director

The Hoarder

Writer

Important to Us

Director

The Retaliation Hearings

Director