Tribute to Alanis Obomsawin (Ages 15-17)
Alanis Obomsawin’s career spans an astonishing five decades, during which time she has captured the experience and struggles facing Indigenous people in Canada. These influential works are a huge step towards understanding the issues. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.
Alanis Obomsawin’s career spans an astonishing five decades, during which time she has captured the experience and struggles facing Indigenous people in Canada. These influential works are a huge step towards understanding the issues.
Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.
Playlist
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The People of the Kattawapiskak RiverAlanis Obomsawin 2012 50 minLearn about the ongoing housing crisis faced by 1,700 Cree in Northern Ontario, a what led Attawapiskat’s band chief, Theresa Spence, to ask the Canadian Red Cross for help.
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Kanehsatake: 270 Years of ResistanceAlanis Obomsawin 1993 1 h 59 min
Delve into the action of an age-old struggle as Alanis Obomsawin spends 78 tense days filming the now-infamous stand-off between the Mohawks, the Quebec police and the Canadian army.
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Gene Boy Came HomeAlanis Obomsawin 2007 24 min
Meet Eugene "Gene Boy" Benedict, a boy from Odanak Indian Reserve who enlisted in the US Marines at 17 and spent 2 years on the frontlines of the Vietnam War before beginning his arduous journey home.
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Rocks at Whiskey TrenchAlanis Obomsawin 2000 1 h 45 min
This doc profiles a key element of the 1990 Oka crisis in which the Mohawk communities of Kahnawake and Kanehsatake stood against the Canadian military and Canadian citizens in a stand-off that turned violent.
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Our NationhoodAlanis Obomsawin 2003 1 h 36 min
Follow the determination and tenacity of the Listuguj Mi'gmaq people who use and manage the natural resources of their traditional lands.
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Incident at RestigoucheAlanis Obomsawin 1984 45 min
Watch as Alanis Obomsawin chronicles 2 raids on the Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation (Restigouche) by the Sûreté du Québec following government efforts to impose restrictions on salmon fishing.
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Is the Crown at war with us?Alanis Obomsawin 2002 1 h 36 min
In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, NB. But why would the government attack citizens for exercising rights that had been affirmed by the highest court in the land?
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Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis ChildAlanis Obomsawin 1986 29 min
Taken from his home at the age of 4 due to family problems, Richard Cardinal spent the rest of his 17 short years moving in and out of 28 foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta.
