Alanis Obomsawin Movies

  • 2014
    Documenting John Grierson

    Documenting John Grierson

    Documenting John Grierson

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    The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

    Documenting John Grierson
  • 2014
    Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin

    Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin

    Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin

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    Alanis Obomsawin talks about how she got her start at the NFB and the overarching importance of sound/story in her work.

    Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin
  • 2012
    The Federal Court Hearing

    The Federal Court Hearing

    The Federal Court Hearing

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    Amid a severe housing crisis that made international headlines in 2011, the federal government imposed third-party management on the Attawapiskat...

    The Federal Court Hearing
  • 2012
    The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

    The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

    The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

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    Six months following the events of her documentary The People of the Kattawapiskak River, Alanis Obomsawin returns to the Cree community of...

    The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later
  • 2010
    When All the Leaves Are Gone

    When All the Leaves Are Gone

    When All the Leaves Are Gone

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    As the only First Nations student in an all-white 1940s school, eight-year old Wato is keenly aware of the hostility towards her. She deeply misses...

    When All the Leaves Are Gone
  • 1991
    Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later

    Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later

    Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later

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    Alanis Obomsawin turns her lens to Le Patro Le Prévost, a recreational centre in the Villeray quarter of Montreal. On the eve of its 80th...

    Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later
  • 1975
    Our Dear Sisters

    Our Dear Sisters

    Our Dear Sisters

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    Alanis Obomsawin, a North American Indian who earns her living by singing and making films, is the mother of an adopted child. She talks about her...

    Our Dear Sisters
  • 2008
    Dream Magic

    Dream Magic

    Dream Magic

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    Portrait of NFB filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin.

    Dream Magic
  • 1975
    Puberty - Part 2

    Puberty - Part 2

    Puberty - Part 2

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    Elder Marie Leo recounts her experiences going through puberty. Growing up on the Líl̓wat Nation near Mount Currie, B.C., Marie details...

    Puberty - Part 2
  • 2007
    Gene Boy Came Home

    Gene Boy Came Home

    Gene Boy Came Home

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    A portrait of Eugene "Gene Boy" Benedict from Odanak Indian Reserve near Montreal, Quebec. At 17, adrift and beginning to lose his way, he accepted a...

    Gene Boy Came Home
  • 1979
    Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

    Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

    Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City

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    Obomsawin narrates as children learn of the traditions and life of Gabriel, a Cree boy from Fort George, James Bay. The Northern Cree "Walking Out...

    Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City
  • 1979
    Sounds from Our People: Old Crow

    Sounds from Our People: Old Crow

    Sounds from Our People: Old Crow

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    The village of Old Crow and the people from the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation are located on the banks of the Porcupine River 80 miles inside the...

    Sounds from Our People: Old Crow
  • 1972
    Walk With Dignity

    Walk With Dignity

    Walk With Dignity

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    First Nations documentary

    Walk With Dignity
  • 1991
    Walker

    Walker

    Walker

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    Walker is a young Aboriginal foster child whose only playmate is his dog. Jamie is a lonely young white boy who is afraid of dogs, and has some...

    Walker
  • 1975
    Objects in Our Daily Lives

    Objects in Our Daily Lives

    Objects in Our Daily Lives

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    Close-up photographs of baskets, tools and utensils used in the past and still used today by the L'ilawat of Canada. Printed notes describe the use...

    Objects in Our Daily Lives
  • 1975
    Mount Currie Summer Camp

    Mount Currie Summer Camp

    Mount Currie Summer Camp

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    In a series of playful portraits, Líl̓wat children and youth go about their daily duties at the community’s summer camp outside...

    Mount Currie Summer Camp
  • 1975
    Farming

    Farming

    Farming

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    The farming practices of residents of the Líl̓wat Nation near Mount Currie, B.C., are presented in a series of snapshots that illustrate...

    Farming
  • 1975
    Puberty - Part 1

    Puberty - Part 1

    Puberty - Part 1

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    An intimate portrait of Marie Leo, a Sto:lo woman who was adopted into a Líl̓wat family as a baby. Marie’s gentle narrative of her...

    Puberty - Part 1
  • 1972
    Snowshoes

    Snowshoes

    Snowshoes

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    The remarkable construction of the venerable snowshoe is demonstrated from start to finish. Atikamekw Elders Mariane and Athanas Jacob take us into...

    Snowshoes
  • 1972
    Partridge

    Partridge

    Partridge

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    François Néwashish was the only one in his family from the Atikamekw community of Manawan not to go to residential school. He...

    Partridge