Alanis Obomsawin
Directing · Director · Music · Script
Born Aug 31, 1932 · Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Active 1969–present
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…
Filmography
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (1993) — Narrator (voice) · Director · Script · Producer · WriterWalker (1991) — DirectorBones of Crows (2023) — TRC Film DirectorBones of Crows (2023) — Indigenous DirectorCanada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic (1980) — Narrator · Director · ScriptHonour to Senator Murray Sinclair (2021) — Director · Writer · ProducerAmisk (1977) — DirectorNo Address (1988) — Director · Producer · ScriptMother of Many Children (1977) — Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer · ProducerChristmas at Moose Factory (1971) — Narrator (voice) · Director · WriterJordan River Anderson, The Messenger (2019) — Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer · Producer · ResearcherMy Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995) — Writer · Director · ProducerSounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City (1979) — Narrator · DirectorMary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again (2021) — Vocal CoachLe patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later (1991) — Writer · Producer · Director · ScriptRichard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (1986) — Writer · Director · ProducerPoundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place (1987) — Writer · Producer · DirectorRocks at Whiskey Trench (2000) — Director · WriterIncident at Restigouche (1984) — Narrator · Director · Writer · ProducerHeritage Minutes (1991) — NarratorSpudwrench - Kahnawake Man (1998) — Director · Writer · ProducerIs the Crown at war with us? (2003) — Narrator (voice) · Director · WriterThe Hoarder (1969) — WriterOur Nationhood (2003) — Writer · Director · Director of Photography