
Director
Alanis Obomsawin
94 years · Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA · 72 films
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.
Best known for

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993 · Narrator (voice), Director


Bones of Crows
2023 · TRC Film Director
On Hulu


Capturing Reality
2008 · Self
On Philo


Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director
On Filmzie

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019 · Self


Eliza's Horoscope
1975 · Indian Maiden
On Artiflix
Filmography 72

My Friend the Green Horse
2024 · Narrator, Director

The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
2023 · Director

Kattawapiskak Elementary School
2023 · Director

Outdoor Art Gallery
2023 · Director

Let's Study Treaty No. 5
2023 · Director


Bones of Crows
2023 · TRC Film Director
On Hulu

Wabano: The Light of the Day
2022 · Director, Writer

Upstairs With David Amram
2022 · Director

Bill Reid Remembers
2022 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director


Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
2021 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy


Le grand solstice
2021 · Self
On fuboTV


Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
2021 · Self
On Fawesome

Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak
2021 · Director

Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak
2021 · Director

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019 · Narrator (voice), Director

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019 · Self

The Devil's Share
2018 · Self (archive footage)

Walking Is Medicine
2017 · Narrator (voice), Director


Our People Will Be Healed
2017 · Director
On Amazon Prime Video

Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
2016 · Narrator (voice)


We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
2016 · Director
On The Roku Channel


Trick or Treaty?
2014 · Narrator, Director
On Tubi TV

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013 · Narrator


The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later
2012 · Director, Writer
On Hoopla