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Alanis Obomsawin

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn August 31, 1932 (92 years)
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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Known For

  • Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
  • Rocks at Whiskey Trench
  • Incident at Restigouche
  • Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger
  • Is the Crown at War with Us?
  • My Name Is Kahentiiosta
  • The People of the Kattawapiskak River
  • Christmas at Moose Factory
  • Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
  • Trick or Treaty?
  • Our People Will Be Healed
  • The Hoarder
  • Spudwrench
  • Mother of Many Children
  • Hi-Ho Mistahey!
  • Gene Boy Came Home
  • Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
  • Professor Norman Cornett
  • We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
  • Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora
  • Amisk
  • Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
  • Our Nationhood
  • When All the Leaves Are Gone

Filmography

2024
2022
Bill Reid Remembers · as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
La semaine des 4 julie (TV Series) · as Self
2019
Good evening, good evening! (TV Series) · as Self
2018
2017
La Part du diable · as Self (archive Footage)
2012
2008
2008
Dream Magic · as Self
2007
2004
Tout le monde en parle (QC) (TV Series) · as Self - Documentariste
2003
L'invitation aux images · as Self (participation Spéciale)
2000
Rocks at Whiskey Trench · as Self - Narrator (voice)
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Self - Contributor
1975
Our Dear Sisters · as Self
1963
Telescope (TV Series) · as Self

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