Directing
Alanis Obomsawin
- Born
- 1932-08-31
- Birthplace
- Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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
Filmography
85 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
2024 · TV Show
Self
My Friend the Green Horse
2024 · Movie
Narrator · Director · Writer · Producer
Bones of Crows
2023 · Movie
TRC Film Director
Bones of Crows
2023 · TV Show
Indigenous Director
Kattawapiskak Elementary School
2023 · Movie
Director
Let's Study Treaty No. 5
2023 · Movie
Director
Outdoor Art Gallery
2023 · Movie
Director
The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
2023 · Movie
Director
Bill Reid Remembers
2022 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice) · Director · Location Sound Recordist · Writer · Musician · Researcher · Producer
Upstairs With David Amram
2022 · Movie
Scenario Writer · Director
Wabano: The Light of the Day
2022 · Movie
Director · Writer
Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak
2021 · Movie
Director
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
2021 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
Le grand solstice
2021 · Movie
Self
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
2021 · Movie
Self · Vocal Coach
Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak
2021 · Movie
Director
La semaine des 4 Julie
2020 · TV Show
Self
Bonsoir bonsoir!
2019 · TV Show
Self
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019 · Movie
Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer · Producer · Researcher
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019 · Movie
Self
The Devil's Share
2018 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Our People Will Be Healed
2017 · Movie
Director
Walking Is Medicine
2017 · Movie
Narrator (voice) · Producer · Director
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
2016 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
2016 · Movie
Director
Documenting John Grierson
2014 · Movie
Cast
Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin
2014 · Movie
Self
Trick or Treaty?
2014 · Movie
Narrator · Director · Researcher · Writer
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013 · Movie
Narrator
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
2013 · Movie
Director · Writer
The Federal Court Hearing
2012 · Movie
Producer · Director · Writer
The People of the Kattawapiskak River
2012 · Movie
Director · Writer
The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later
2012 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
Waseteg
2010 · Movie
Narrator
When All the Leaves Are Gone
2010 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'
2009 · Movie
Director · Writer
Capturing Reality
2008 · Movie
Self
Dream Magic
2008 · Movie
Self
Gene Boy Came Home
2007 · Movie
Director
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
2006 · Movie
Producer · Writer · Director
Sigwan
2005 · Movie
Director · Writer
Is the Crown at war with us?
2003 · Movie
Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer
Our Nationhood
2003 · Movie
Writer · Director · Director of Photography
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
1998 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995 · Movie
Writer · Director · Producer
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993 · Movie
Narrator (voice) · Director · Script · Producer · Writer
Heritage Minutes
1991 · TV Show
Narrator
Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later
1991 · Movie
Writer · Producer · Director · Script
Walker
1991 · Movie
Director
No Address
1988 · Movie
Director · Producer · Script
La Maison Poundmaker - La Voie de la guérison
1987 · Movie
Director
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place
1987 · Movie
Writer · Producer · Director
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
1986 · Movie
Writer · Director · Producer
Incident at Restigouche
1984 · Movie
Narrator · Director · Writer · Producer
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
1980 · Movie
Narrator · Director · Script
Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora
1979 · Movie
Script · Director
Cold Journey
1979 · Movie
Director
Cree Way
1979 · Movie
Director
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
1979 · Movie
Narrator · Director
Sounds from Our People: Old Crow
1979 · Movie
Director
Amisk
1977 · Movie
Cast · Director
Mother of Many Children
1977 · Movie
Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer · Producer
Basket
1975 · Movie
Director
Eliza's Horoscope
1975 · Movie
Indian Maiden
Farming
1975 · Movie
Director
L’íl’wata
1975 · Movie
Director
Mount Currie Summer Camp
1975 · Movie
Director
Objects in Our Daily Lives
1975 · Movie
Director · Producer
Our Dear Sisters
1975 · Movie
Self
Puberty - Part 1
1975 · Movie
Director
Puberty - Part 2
1975 · Movie
Director
Salmon
1975 · Movie
Director
Xusum
1975 · Movie
Director
Children
1972 · Movie
Director
History of Manawan - Part One
1972 · Movie
Director · Producer · Translator
History of Manawan - Part Two
1972 · Movie
Director · Producer · Translator
Moose Call
1972 · Movie
Director
Partridge
1972 · Movie
Director
Snowshoes
1972 · Movie
Director
The Canoe
1972 · Movie
Director
Walk With Dignity
1972 · Movie
Music
Christmas at Moose Factory
1971 · Movie
Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer
The Hoarder
1969 · Movie
Writer
The Retaliation Hearings
Date unknown · Movie
Director