🎬 Director
Alanis Obomsawin
🎂 Born 31 August 1932 (age 93)📍 Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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Popularity Score
26
Acting Credits
59
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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.
Known For
Directed Films(59)
★ 8.0
Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later
1991
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★ 7.5
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993
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★ 7.5
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
1998
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★ 8.0
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
1986
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★ 8.0
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019
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History of Manawan - Part Two
1972
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★ 8.5
No Address
1988
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★ 7.3
Incident at Restigouche
1984
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★ 8.5
Amisk
1977
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★ 7.0
Our Nationhood
2003
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★ 6.6
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000
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★ 10.0
Walker
1991
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★ 6.6
Is the Crown at war with us?
2003
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★ 5.7
Our People Will Be Healed
2017
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The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
2023
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★ 8.0
Christmas at Moose Factory
1971
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★ 9.0
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
2021
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Walking Is Medicine
2017
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My Friend the Green Horse
2024
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Sounds from Our People: Old Crow
1979
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Bill Reid Remembers
2022
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★ 8.0
Mother of Many Children
1977
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History of Manawan - Part One
1972
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Gene Boy Came Home
2007
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Snowshoes
1972
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★ 8.0
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995
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Trick or Treaty?
2014
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★ 8.0
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place
1987
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★ 6.0
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
2006
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Salmon
1975
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When All the Leaves Are Gone
2010
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Cree Way
1979
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Sigwan
2005
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Wabano: The Light of the Day
2022
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Basket
1975
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We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
2016
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Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora
1979
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Farming
1975
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The Federal Court Hearing
2012
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★ 8.0
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
1979
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Partridge
1972
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Cold Journey
1979
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The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later
2012
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★ 9.0
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
1980
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Xusum
1975
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Let's Study Treaty No. 5
2023
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Puberty - Part 2
1975
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Moose Call
1972
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Upstairs With David Amram
2022
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Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak
2021
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The Canoe
1972
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Objects in Our Daily Lives
1975
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Outdoor Art Gallery
2023
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Children
1972
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Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'
2009
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Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak
2021
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Puberty - Part 1
1975
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Mount Currie Summer Camp
1975
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Kattawapiskak Elementary School
2023
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Full Filmography(26 films)
YearTitleRating
2021Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again★ 8.02023Bones of Crows★ 6.82019Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen★ 6.72008Capturing Reality★ 6.11993Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance★ 7.52019Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger★ 8.01975Eliza's Horoscope★ 4.42021Le grand solstice—1984Incident at Restigouche★ 7.31977Amisk★ 8.52018The Devil's Share★ 8.02000Rocks at Whiskey Trench★ 6.62003Is the Crown at war with us?★ 6.62008Dream Magic—1971Christmas at Moose Factory★ 8.02017Walking Is Medicine—2024My Friend the Green Horse—2013Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights—2022Bill Reid Remembers—1977Mother of Many Children★ 8.02014Trick or Treaty?—1975Our Dear Sisters—2010Waseteg★ 5.01979Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City★ 8.02016Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak—1980Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic★ 9.0