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Alanis Obomsawin

Alanis Obomsawin

Abenaki artist and filmmaker in Montreal
August 31, 1932 (91 years old)
Can. 2019. Documentary by Alanis Obomsawin. The case of Jordan River Anderson initiated a battle for the right of indigenous children to receive the same standard of social services as the rest of the Canadian population.
Runtime: 65 min.
Can. 2017. Documentary by Alanis Obomsawin. In the Manitoba Cree community of Norway House, children benefit from a wonderfulschool curriculum that celebrates Indigenous culture and language.
Runtime: 96 min.
Can. 2016. Documentary by Alanis Obomsawin. Activists try to prove in court that the Canadian government discriminates by underfunding education for Indigenous youth.
Runtime: 163 min.
Can. 2014. Documentary by Alanis Obomsawin. The history of negotiations between the Canadian government and Aboriginal peoples.
Runtime: 84 min.
Can. 2013. Documentary by Alanis Obomsawin.
Can. 2008. Documentary by Alanis Obomsawin.
Runtime: 80 min.
Can. 2002. n/a by Alanis Obomsawin. In the summer of 2000, the federal fisheries department opposed a Mi'gmaq community in New Brunswick, despite fishing rights confirmed by the country's highest court.
Runtime: 97 min.
Can. 1993. Documentary by Alanis Obomsawin. Recalling the events of the summer of 1990 during which the Mohawks of Kanehsatake protested against a municipal development project.
Runtime: 119 min.

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