Alanis Obomsawin

Personal Info

Birthday

August 31, 1932

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

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.

Known For

Bones of Crows

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

Christmas at Moose Factory

Eliza's Horoscope

Trick or Treaty?

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak

Filmography

2024
My Friend the Green Horse
as Narrator
2023
Bones of Crows
as TRC Film Director
2022
Bill Reid Remembers
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Le grand solstice
as Self
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
as Self
2019
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
as Narrator (voice)
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
as Self
2018
The Devil's Share
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Walking Is Medicine
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
as Narrator (voice)
2014
Trick or Treaty?
as Narrator
Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin
as Self
2013
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
as Narrator
2010
Waseteg
as Narrator
2008
Capturing Reality
as Self
Dream Magic
as Self
2003
Is the Crown at war with us?
as Narrator (voice)
2000
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
as Narrator (voice)
1984
Incident at Restigouche
as Narrator
1980
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
as Narrator
1979
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
as Narrator
1977
Mother of Many Children
as Narrator (voice)
1975
Eliza's Horoscope
as Indian Maiden
Our Dear Sisters
as Self
1971
Christmas at Moose Factory
as Narrator (voice)