Alanis Obomsawin

Personal Info

Birthday

August 31, 1932

Place of Birth

Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

Known For

Directing

Alanis Obomsawin

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.

Directed Movies (59)

My Friend the Green Horse
0.0

My Friend the Green Horse

Movie2024
No Backdrop
0.0

The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court

Movie2023
No Backdrop
0.0

Kattawapiskak Elementary School

Movie2023
No Backdrop
0.0

Outdoor Art Gallery

Movie2023
No Backdrop
0.0

Let's Study Treaty No. 5

Movie2023
No Backdrop
0.0

Wabano: The Light of the Day

Movie2022
No Backdrop
0.0

Upstairs With David Amram

Movie2022
Bill Reid Remembers
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Bill Reid Remembers

Movie2022
No Backdrop
9.0

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

Movie2021
No Backdrop
0.0

Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak

Movie2021
No Backdrop
0.0

Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak

Movie2021
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
8.0

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Movie2019
No Backdrop
0.0

Walking Is Medicine

Movie2017
Our People Will Be Healed
5.7

Our People Will Be Healed

Movie2017
No Backdrop
0.0

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Movie2016
Trick or Treaty?
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Trick or Treaty?

Movie2014
No Backdrop
0.0

The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

Movie2012
No Backdrop
0.0

The Federal Court Hearing

Movie2012
When All the Leaves Are Gone
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When All the Leaves Are Gone

Movie2010
No Backdrop
0.0

Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'

Movie2009
Gene Boy Came Home
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Gene Boy Came Home

Movie2007
No Backdrop
6.0

Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

Movie2006
Sigwan
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Sigwan

Movie2005
No Backdrop
7.0

Our Nationhood

Movie2003
No Backdrop
6.6

Is the Crown at war with us?

Movie2003
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
6.6

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

Movie2000
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
7.5

Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

Movie1998
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
8.0

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

Movie1995
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
7.5

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Movie1993
No Backdrop
8.0

Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later

Movie1991
Walker
10.0

Walker

Movie1991
No Address
8.5

No Address

Movie1988
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place
8.0

Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

Movie1987
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
8.0

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

Movie1986
No Backdrop
7.3

Incident at Restigouche

Movie1984
No Backdrop
9.0

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

Movie1980
No Backdrop
0.0

Cold Journey

Movie1979
No Backdrop
0.0

Cree Way

Movie1979
No Backdrop
0.0

Sounds from Our People: Old Crow

Movie1979
No Backdrop
8.0

Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

Movie1979
No Backdrop
0.0

Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora

Movie1979
No Backdrop
8.0

Mother of Many Children

Movie1977
Amisk
8.5

Amisk

Movie1977
No Backdrop
0.0

Xusum

Movie1975
Basket
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Basket

Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0

Salmon

Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0

Puberty - Part 1

Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0

Puberty - Part 2

Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0

Farming

Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0

Mount Currie Summer Camp

Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0

Objects in Our Daily Lives

Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0

Moose Call

Movie1972
No Backdrop
0.0

History of Manawan - Part One

Movie1972
No Backdrop
0.0

History of Manawan - Part Two

Movie1972
No Backdrop
0.0

Children

Movie1972
No Backdrop
0.0

The Canoe

Movie1972
No Backdrop
0.0

Partridge

Movie1972
No Backdrop
0.0

Snowshoes

Movie1972
Christmas at Moose Factory
8.0

Christmas at Moose Factory

Movie1971

Acting Filmography (30)

My Friend the Green Horse
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My Friend the Green Horse

Movie2024
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
0.0

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

TV Series2024
Bones of Crows
8.0

Bones of Crows

TV Series2023
Bones of Crows
6.8

Bones of Crows

Movie2023
Bill Reid Remembers
0.0

Bill Reid Remembers

Movie2022
Le grand solstice
0.0

Le grand solstice

Movie2021
No Backdrop
8.0

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

Movie2021
La semaine des 4 Julie
2.0

La semaine des 4 Julie

TV Series2020
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
8.0

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Movie2019
Bonsoir bonsoir!
4.0

Bonsoir bonsoir!

TV Series2019
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
6.7

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Movie2019
The Devil's Share
8.0

The Devil's Share

Movie2018
No Backdrop
0.0

Walking Is Medicine

Movie2017
No Backdrop
0.0

Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak

Movie2016
Trick or Treaty?
0.0

Trick or Treaty?

Movie2014
No Backdrop
0.0

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

Movie2013
Waseteg
5.0

Waseteg

Movie2010
Capturing Reality
6.1

Capturing Reality

Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0

Dream Magic

Movie2008
No Backdrop
6.6

Is the Crown at war with us?

Movie2003
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
6.6

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

Movie2000
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
7.5

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Movie1993
No Backdrop
7.3

Incident at Restigouche

Movie1984
No Backdrop
9.0

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

Movie1980
No Backdrop
8.0

Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

Movie1979
No Backdrop
8.0

Mother of Many Children

Movie1977
Amisk
8.5

Amisk

Movie1977
No Backdrop
0.0

Our Dear Sisters

Movie1975
No Backdrop
4.4

Eliza's Horoscope

Movie1975
Christmas at Moose Factory
8.0

Christmas at Moose Factory

Movie1971