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Our Dear Sisters

1975 14 min
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Alanis Obomsawin, an Indigenous woman who earns her living by singing and making films, is the mother of an adopted child. She talks about her life, her people, and her responsibilities as a single parent. Her observations shake some of our cultural assumptions.

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Alanis Obomsawin, an Indigenous woman who earns her living by singing and making films, is the mother of an adopted child. She talks about her life, her people, and her responsibilities as a single parent. Her observations shake some of our cultural assumptions.

  • director
    Kathleen Shannon
  • producer
    Kathleen Shannon
  • executive producer
    Len Chatwin
  • photography
    Robert Nichol
    Joan Hutton
  • sound
    Ted Haley
    Esther Auger
  • editing
    Donna Nichol
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel

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