2016
Search results
Alanis Obomsawin, CC GOQ (born August 31, 1932) is an Abenaki American-Canadian filmmaker, singer, artist, and activist primarily known for her documentary films. Born in New Hampshire , United States and raised primarily in Quebec , Canada, she has written and directed many National Film Board of Canada documentaries on First ...
Alanis Obomsawin is one of Canada’s most distinguished documentary filmmakers. She began her career as a professional singer and storyteller before joining the National Film Board (NFB) in 1967.
One of the most acclaimed Indigenous directors in the world, Alanis Obomsawin came to cinema from performance and storytelling. Hired by the NFB as a consultant in 1967, she has created an extraordinary body of work—50 films and counting—including landmark documentaries like Incident at Restigouche (1984) and Kanehsatake: 270 Years of ...
Nov 7, 2023 · Indigenous filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has witnessed nearly a century of change. At 91 years old she continues to produce documentaries featuring Indigenous stories and voices.
May 31, 2019 · Legendary Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin discusses growing up, smuggling her film reels out of barricades, and her inspirations over five decades of filmmaking.
Dec 30, 2020 · Twenty-five years after her team shot the documentary "Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance," filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin describes how Warriors behind the barricades thought there was going to...
Alanis Obomsawin is a pioneering documentary filmmaker, singer-songwriter and Indigenous rights activist. Born in New Hampshire, she grew up on the Odanak reserve northeast of Montréal before moving to Trois-Rivières, Quebec, where hers was the only Indigenous family.
