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

1. Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (1993) — Director
2. Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000) — Director
3. Is the Crown at war with us? (2003) — Director
4. Christmas at Moose Factory (1971) — Director
5. Mother of Many Children (1977) — Director
6. Hi-Ho Mistahey! (2013) — Director
7. Incident at Restigouche (1984) — Director
8. Our People Will Be Healed (2017) — Director
9. My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995) — Director
10. No Address (1988) — Director
11. Our Nationhood (2003) — Director
12. Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man (1998) — Director
13. Amisk (1977) — Director
14. Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (2019) — Director
15. Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair (2021) — Director
16. Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (1986) — Director
17. Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises (2006) — Director
18. Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place (1987) — Director
19. Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City (1979) — Director
20. Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic (1980) — Director
21. Walker (1991) — Director
22. Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later (1991) — Director
23. Bill Reid Remembers (2022) — Director
24. The People of the Kattawapiskak River (2012) — Director
25. Trick or Treaty? (2014) — Director
26. Gene Boy Came Home (2007) — Director
27. Upstairs With David Amram (2022) — Director
28. Sigwan (2005) — Director
29. When All the Leaves Are Gone (2010) — Director
30. L’íl’wata (1975) — Director
31. We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice (2016) — Director
32. Walking Is Medicine (2017) — Director
33. My Friend the Green Horse (2024) — Director
34. Sounds from Our People: Old Crow (1979) — Director
35. The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court (2023) — Director
36. Wabano: The Light of the Day (2022) — Director
37. Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak (2021) — Director
38. Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak (2021) — Director
39. Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora (1979) — Director
40. Xusum (1975) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (1993) — Narrator (voice)
2. Bones of Crows (2023) — TRC Film Director
3. Capturing Reality (2008) — Self
4. Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000) — Self - Narrator (voice)
5. Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019) — Self
6. Eliza's Horoscope (1975) — Indian Maiden
7. Is the Crown at war with us? (2003) — Narrator (voice)
8. Bones of Crows (2023) — Indigenous Director
9. Mother of Many Children (1977) — Narrator (voice)
10. Christmas at Moose Factory (1971) — Narrator (voice)
11. Incident at Restigouche (1984) — Narrator
12. Heritage Minutes (1991) — Narrator
13. Amisk (1977)
14. Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (2019) — Narrator (voice)
15. Waseteg (2010) — Narrator
16. Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City (1979) — Narrator
17. Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic (1980) — Narrator
18. The Devil's Share (2018) — Self (archive footage)
19. Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again (2021) — Self
20. La semaine des 4 Julie (2020) — Self
21. Bonsoir bonsoir! (2019) — Self
22. Trick or Treaty? (2014) — Narrator
23. Documenting John Grierson (2014)
24. Bill Reid Remembers (2022) — Self - Narrator (voice)
25. Our Dear Sisters (1975) — Self
26. Walking Is Medicine (2017) — Narrator (voice)
27. Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin (2014) — Self
28. Dream Magic (2008) — Self
29. Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights (2013) — Narrator
30. Le grand solstice (2021) — Self
31. Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak (2016) — Narrator (voice)
32. My Friend the Green Horse (2024) — Narrator
33. Dans un cinéma près de chez vous (2024) — Self