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.
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Filmography (80 movies)
9.0
9.0
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
2021
Writer
8.0
8.0
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
2021
as Self
8.0
8.0
Christmas at Moose Factory
1971
Writer
8.0
8.0
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019
Writer
8.0
8.0
The Devil's Share
2018
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995
Director
8.0
8.0
No Address
1988
Producer
7.5
7.5
Incident at Restigouche
1984
Producer
7.4
7.4
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993
Producer
7.3
7.3
Mother of Many Children
1977
Producer
7.0
7.0
Amisk
1977
Director
7.0
7.0
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
2024
as Self
7.0
7.0
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
1998
Writer
7.0
7.0
Our Nationhood
2003
Director
6.8
6.8
Bones of Crows
2023
as TRC Film Director
6.7
6.7
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
as Self
6.5
6.5
Is the Crown at war with us?
2003
Director
6.3
6.3
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000
Writer
6.3
6.3
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
2013
Writer
6.1
6.1
Capturing Reality
2008
as Self
6.0
6.0
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
2006
Writer
6.0
6.0
The Hoarder
1969
Writer
5.7
5.7
Our People Will Be Healed
2017
Director
5.0
5.0
Waseteg
2010
as Narrator
3.5
3.5
Eliza's Horoscope
1975
as Indian Maiden
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
1979
Director
Le grand solstice
2021
as Self
Our Dear Sisters
1975
as Self
Trick or Treaty?
2014
Writer
Walking Is Medicine
2017
Director
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
1980
Director
Dream Magic
2008
as Self
Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin
2014
as Self
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013
as Narrator
Bill Reid Remembers
2022
Producer
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
2016
as Narrator (voice)
My Friend the Green Horse
2024
Writer
Documenting John Grierson
2014
Objects in Our Daily Lives
1975
Producer
Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later
1991
Director
Walker
1991
Director
Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'
2009
Writer
The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later
2012
Producer
The Federal Court Hearing
2012
Director
Upstairs With David Amram
2022
Director
Sounds from Our People: Old Crow
1979
Director
The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
2023
Director
Wabano: The Light of the Day
2022
Writer
Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak
2021
Director
Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak
2021
Director
Cold Journey
1979
Director
Cree Way
1979
Director
Kattawapiskak Elementary School
2023
Director
Outdoor Art Gallery
2023
Director
Let's Study Treaty No. 5
2023
Director
The Retaliation Hearings
TBA
Director
Important to Us
TBA
Director
The People of the Kattawapiskak River
2012
Writer
Gene Boy Came Home
2007
Director
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child