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Alanis Obomsawin

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.

Et billede af Alanis Obomsawin

Directing

1971

[ ] Christmas at Moose Factory (Director)

1972

[ ] Moose Call (Director)
[ ] History of Manawan - Part One (Director)
[ ] History of Manawan - Part Two (Director)
[ ] Children (Director)
[ ] The Canoe (Director)
[ ] Partridge (Director)
[ ] Snowshoes (Director)

1975

[ ] L’íl’wata (Director)
[ ] Xusum (Director)
[ ] Basket (Director)
[ ] Salmon (Director)
[ ] Puberty - Part 1 (Director)
[ ] Puberty - Part 2 (Director)
[ ] Farming (Director)
[ ] Mount Currie Summer Camp (Director)
[ ] Objects in Our Daily Lives (Director)

1977

[ ] Mother of Many Children (Director)
[ ] Amisk (Director)

1979

[ ] Sounds from Our People: Old Crow (Director)
[ ] Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City (Director)
[ ] Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora (Director)
[ ] Cold Journey (Director)
[ ] Cree Way (Director)

1980

[ ] Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic (Director)

1984

[ ] Incident at Restigouche (Director)

1986

[ ] Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (Director)

1987

[ ] Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place (Director)

1988

[ ] No Address (Director)

1991

[ ] Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later (Director)
[ ] Walker (Director)

1993

[ ] Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (Director)

1995

[ ] My Name Is Kahentiiosta (Director)

1998

[ ] Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man (Director)

2000

[ ] Rocks at Whiskey Trench (Director)

2003

[ ] Is the Crown at war with us? (Director)
[ ] Our Nationhood (Director)

2005

[ ] Sigwan (Director)

2006

[ ] Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises (Director)

2007

[ ] Gene Boy Came Home (Director)

2009

[ ] Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?' (Director)

2010

[ ] When All the Leaves Are Gone (Director)

2012

[ ] The People of the Kattawapiskak River (Director)
[ ] The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later (Director)
[ ] The Federal Court Hearing (Director)

2013

[ ] Hi-Ho Mistahey! (Director)

2014

[ ] Trick or Treaty? (Director)

2016

[ ] We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice (Director)

2017

[ ] Our People Will Be Healed (Director)
[ ] Walking Is Medicine (Director)

2019

[ ] Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (Director)

2021

[ ] Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair (Director)
[ ] Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak (Director)
[ ] Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak (Director)

2022

[ ] Bill Reid Remembers (Director)
[ ] Upstairs With David Amram (Director)
[ ] Wabano: The Light of the Day (Director)

2023

[ ] The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court (Director)
[ ] Kattawapiskak Elementary School (Director)
[ ] Outdoor Art Gallery (Director)
[ ] Let's Study Treaty No. 5 (Director)

2024

[ ] My Friend the Green Horse (Director)

????

[ ] The Retaliation Hearings (Director)
[ ] Important to Us (Director)

Sound

1972

[ ] Walk With Dignity (Music)

2021

[ ] Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again (Vocal Coach)

2022

[ ] Bill Reid Remembers (Location Sound Recordist)
[ ] Bill Reid Remembers (Musician)

Production

1972

[ ] History of Manawan - Part One (Producer)
[ ] History of Manawan - Part Two (Producer)

1975

[ ] Objects in Our Daily Lives (Producer)

1977

[ ] Mother of Many Children (Producer)

1984

[ ] Incident at Restigouche (Producer)

1986

[ ] Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (Producer)

1987

[ ] Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place (Producer)

1988

[ ] No Address (Producer)

1991

[ ] Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later (Producer)

1993

[ ] Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (Producer)

1995

[ ] My Name Is Kahentiiosta (Producer)

1998

[ ] Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man (Producer)

2006

[ ] Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises (Producer)

2010

[ ] When All the Leaves Are Gone (Producer)

2012

[ ] The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later (Producer)
[ ] The Federal Court Hearing (Producer)

2014

[ ] Trick or Treaty? (Researcher)

2017

[ ] Walking Is Medicine (Producer)

2019

[ ] Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (Producer)
[ ] Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (Researcher)

2021

[ ] Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair (Producer)

2022

[ ] Bill Reid Remembers (Researcher)
[ ] Bill Reid Remembers (Producer)

Crew

1972

[ ] History of Manawan - Part One (Translator)
[ ] History of Manawan - Part Two (Translator)

1979

[ ] Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora (Script)

1980

[ ] Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic (Script)

1988

[ ] No Address (Script)

1991

[ ] Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later (Script)

1993

[ ] Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (Script)

2003

[ ] Our Nationhood (Cinematography)

Writing

1969

[ ] The Hoarder (Writer)

1971

[ ] Christmas at Moose Factory (Writer)

1977

[ ] Mother of Many Children (Writer)

1984

[ ] Incident at Restigouche (Writer)

1986

[ ] Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (Writer)

1987

[ ] Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place (Writer)

1991

[ ] Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later (Writer)

1993

[ ] Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (Writer)

1995

[ ] My Name Is Kahentiiosta (Writer)

1998

[ ] Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man (Writer)

2000

[ ] Rocks at Whiskey Trench (Writer)

2003

[ ] Our Nationhood (Writer)
[ ] Is the Crown at war with us? (Writer)

2005

[ ] Sigwan (Writer)

2006

[ ] Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises (Writer)

2009

[ ] Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?' (Writer)

2010

[ ] When All the Leaves Are Gone (Writer)

2012

[ ] The People of the Kattawapiskak River (Writer)
[ ] The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later (Writer)
[ ] The Federal Court Hearing (Writer)

2013

[ ] Hi-Ho Mistahey! (Writer)

2014

[ ] Trick or Treaty? (Writer)

2019

[ ] Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (Writer)

2021

[ ] Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair (Writer)

2022

[ ] Bill Reid Remembers (Writer)
[ ] Upstairs With David Amram (Scenario Writer)
[ ] Wabano: The Light of the Day (Writer)

2024

[ ] My Friend the Green Horse (Writer)

Actor

1971

[ ] Christmas at Moose Factory (Narrator (voice))

1975

[ ] Our Dear Sisters (Self)
[ ] Eliza's Horoscope (Indian Maiden)

1977

[ ] Amisk (????)
[ ] Mother of Many Children (Narrator (voice))

1979

[ ] Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City (Narrator)

1980

[ ] Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic (Narrator)

1984

[ ] Incident at Restigouche (Narrator)

1993

[ ] Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (Narrator (voice))

2000

[ ] Rocks at Whiskey Trench (Self - Narrator (voice))

2003

[ ] Is the Crown at war with us? (Narrator (voice))

2008

[ ] Capturing Reality (Self)
[ ] Dream Magic (Self)

2010

[ ] Waseteg (Narrator)

2013

[ ] Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights (Narrator)

2014

[ ] Trick or Treaty? (Narrator)
[ ] Documenting John Grierson (????)
[ ] Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin (Self)

2016

[ ] Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak (Narrator (voice))

2017

[ ] Walking Is Medicine (Narrator (voice))

2018

[ ] The Devil's Share (Self (archive footage))

2019

[ ] Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (Self)
[ ] Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (Narrator (voice))

2021

[ ] Le grand solstice (Self)
[ ] Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again (Self)

2022

[ ] Bill Reid Remembers (Self - Narrator (voice))

2023

[ ] Bones of Crows (TRC Film Director)

2024

[ ] Dans un cinéma près de chez vous (Self)
[ ] My Friend the Green Horse (Narrator)