Alanis Obomsawin

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

32

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-08-31 (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

  • Bonsoir bonsoir!

    Bonsoir bonsoir!

  • La semaine des 4 Julie

    La semaine des 4 Julie

  • Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

  • Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin

    Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin

  • Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

    Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

  • Is the Crown at war with us?

    Is the Crown at war with us?

  • Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

    Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic

  • Rocks at Whiskey Trench

    Rocks at Whiskey Trench

  • Documenting John Grierson

    Documenting John Grierson

  • Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

    Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

  • Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

    Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

  • Trick or Treaty?

    Trick or Treaty?

  • Capturing Reality

    Capturing Reality

  • Dream Magic

    Dream Magic

  • Christmas at Moose Factory

    Christmas at Moose Factory

  • Eliza's Horoscope

    Eliza's Horoscope

  • Bones of Crows

    Bones of Crows

  • Our Dear Sisters

    Our Dear Sisters

  • Waseteg

    Waseteg

  • Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

    Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

  • Bill Reid Remembers

    Bill Reid Remembers

  • Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

    Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

  • Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

    Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

  • Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

  • Incident at Restigouche

    Incident at Restigouche

  • Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak

    Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak

  • Walking Is Medicine

    Walking Is Medicine

  • Amisk

    Amisk

  • Mother of Many Children

    Mother of Many Children

  • My Friend the Green Horse

    My Friend the Green Horse

  • The Devil's Share

    The Devil's Share

  • Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice