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Alanis Obomsawin

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🎂 August 31, 1932 · 94📍 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.

BODY OF WORK

Alanis Obomsawin's Filmography

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My Friend the Green Horse
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My Friend the Green Horse

2024

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Bones of Crows
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Bones of Crows

2023⭐ 6.8

as TRC Film Director

Bill Reid Remembers
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Bill Reid Remembers

2022

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Le grand solstice
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Le grand solstice

2021

as Self

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
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Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

2021⭐ 8.0

as Self

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
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Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

2019⭐ 8.0

as Narrator (voice)

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019⭐ 6.7

as Self

The Devil's Share
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The Devil's Share

2018⭐ 8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Walking Is Medicine
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Walking Is Medicine

2017

as Narrator (voice)

Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
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Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak

2016

as Narrator (voice)

Trick or Treaty?
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Trick or Treaty?

2014

as Narrator

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No Poster

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Documenting John Grierson

2014
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No Poster

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Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin

2014

as Self

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
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Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

2013

as Narrator

Waseteg
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Waseteg

2010⭐ 5.0

as Narrator

Capturing Reality
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Capturing Reality

2008⭐ 6.1

as Self

Dream Magic
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Dream Magic

2008

as Self

Is the Crown at war with us?
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Is the Crown at war with us?

2003⭐ 6.6

as Narrator (voice)

Rocks at Whiskey Trench
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Rocks at Whiskey Trench

2000⭐ 6.6

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
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Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

1993⭐ 7.5

as Narrator (voice)

Incident at Restigouche
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Incident at Restigouche

1984⭐ 7.3

as Narrator

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
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Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

1980⭐ 9.0

as Narrator

Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
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Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

1979⭐ 8.0

as Narrator

Mother of Many Children
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Mother of Many Children

1977⭐ 8.0

as Narrator (voice)

Amisk
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Amisk

1977⭐ 8.5
Our Dear Sisters
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Our Dear Sisters

1975

as Self

Eliza's Horoscope
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Eliza's Horoscope

1975⭐ 4.4

as Indian Maiden

Christmas at Moose Factory
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Christmas at Moose Factory

1971⭐ 8.0

as Narrator (voice)

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