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Alanis Obomsawin
Born: 1932-08-31 in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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.
Rated Filmography (21)
Sorted by Score10.0
Walker
1991
9.0
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
2021
9.0
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
1980
8.5
No Address
1988
8.5
Amisk
1977
8.0
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995
8.0
Christmas at Moose Factory
1971
8.0
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
1986
8.0
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place
1987
8.0
Mother of Many Children
1977
8.0
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
1979
8.0
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019
8.0
Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later
1991
7.5
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
1998
7.5
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993
7.3
Incident at Restigouche
1984
7.0
Our Nationhood
2003
6.6
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000
6.6
Is the Crown at war with us?
2003
6.0
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
2006
5.7
Our People Will Be Healed
2017