Alanis Obomsawin

Directing · b. 1932 · Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

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

7.5

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

1993 · Director

6.6

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

2000 · Director

6.6

Is the Crown at war with us?

2003 · Director

8.0

Christmas at Moose Factory

1971 · Director

8.0

Mother of Many Children

1977 · Director

5.7

Our People Will Be Healed

2017 · Director

7.3

Incident at Restigouche

1984 · Director

8.5

Amisk

1977 · Director

7.5

Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

1998 · Director

8.0

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

2019 · Director

7.0

Our Nationhood

2003 · Director

8.0

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

1995 · Director

Directed62

My Friend the Green Horse

2024 · Director

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

2023 · Director

Let's Study Treaty No. 5

2023 · Director

Kattawapiskak Elementary School

2023 · Director

Outdoor Art Gallery

2023 · Director

Bill Reid Remembers

2022 · Director

Upstairs With David Amram

2022 · Director

Wabano: The Light of the Day

2022 · Director

9.0

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

2021 · Director

Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak

2021 · Director

Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak

2021 · Director

8.0

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

2019 · Director

5.7

Our People Will Be Healed

2017 · Director

Walking Is Medicine

2017 · Director

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

2016 · Director

Trick or Treaty?

2014 · Director

Hi-Ho Mistahey!

6.3

Hi-Ho Mistahey!

2013 · Director

The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

2012 · Director

Acting20

My Friend the Green Horse

2024 · Narrator

8.0

Bones of Crows

2023 · Series · Indigenous Director

6.8

Bones of Crows

2023 · TRC Film Director

8.0

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

2019 · Narrator (voice)

Walking Is Medicine

2017 · Narrator (voice)

Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak

2016 · Narrator (voice)

Documenting John Grierson

2014

Trick or Treaty?

2014 · Narrator

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

2013 · Narrator

5.0

Waseteg

2010 · Narrator

6.6

Is the Crown at war with us?

2003 · Narrator (voice)

7.5

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

1993 · Narrator (voice)

7.3

Heritage Minutes

1991 · Series · Narrator

7.3

Incident at Restigouche

1984 · Narrator

9.0

Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

1980 · Narrator

8.0

Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

1979 · Narrator

8.5

Amisk

1977

8.0

Mother of Many Children

1977 · Narrator (voice)

In development

The Retaliation Hearings

Director