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Home/People/Alanis Obomsawin
Alanis Obomsawin profile photo
Born
Aug 31, 1932
Age 93
Place of Birth
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

28
Movies
4
TV Shows
64
Directed
IMDb Profile

Alanis Obomsawin

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.
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2024
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Bones of Crows

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2023
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Bill Reid Remembers

as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
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Le grand solstice

as Self
2021
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Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

as Self
2021
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Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

as Narrator (voice)
2019
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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

as Self
2019
The Devil's Share poster

The Devil's Share

as Self (archive footage)
2018
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Walking Is Medicine

as Narrator (voice)
2017
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak poster

Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak

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2016
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Trick or Treaty?

as Narrator
2014
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Documenting John Grierson

Cast
2014
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Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin

as Self
2014
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Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

as Narrator
2013
Waseteg poster

Waseteg

as Narrator
2010
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Capturing Reality

as Self
2008
Dream Magic poster

Dream Magic

as Self
2008
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Is the Crown at war with us?

as Narrator (voice)
2003
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Rocks at Whiskey Trench

as Self - Narrator (voice)
2000
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Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

as Narrator (voice)
1993