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Alanis Obomsawin

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Birthdate

1932-08-31 (Age: 94)

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.

Filmography (28)

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My Friend the Green Horse

2024
⭐ 6.8 Role: TRC Film Director

Bones of Crows

2023
⭐ 0 Role: Self - Narrator (voice)

Bill Reid Remembers

2022
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Le grand solstice

2021
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

2021
⭐ 8.0 Role: Narrator (voice)

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

2019
⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Devil's Share

2018
⭐ 0 Role: Narrator (voice)

Walking Is Medicine

2017
⭐ 0 Role: Narrator (voice)

Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak

2016
⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Trick or Treaty?

2014
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⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Documenting John Grierson

2014
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⭐ 0 Role: Self

Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin

2014
⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

2013
⭐ 5.0 Role: Narrator

Waseteg

2010