Alanis Obomsawin

    Known For

    Directing

    Birthday

    August 31, 1932 (93 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

    • Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

      Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

      1993

    • Rocks at Whiskey Trench

      Rocks at Whiskey Trench

      2000

    • Is the Crown at war with us?

      Is the Crown at war with us?

      2003

    • Mother of Many Children

      Mother of Many Children

      1977

    • Our People Will Be Healed

      Our People Will Be Healed

      2017

    • The Hoarder

      The Hoarder

      1969

    • Incident at Restigouche

      Incident at Restigouche

      1984

    • Christmas at Moose Factory

      Christmas at Moose Factory

      1971

    • Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

      Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

      2019

    • Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

      Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

      2021

    • Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

      Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

      2021

    • My Name Is Kahentiiosta

      My Name Is Kahentiiosta

      1995

    • Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

      Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

      2006

    • No Address

      No Address

      1988

    • Our Nationhood

      Our Nationhood

      2003