Walking is Medicine

Directed by Alanis Obomsawin · Starring Alanis Obomsawin · 2017

Alanis Obomsawin follows the legacy of the Nishiyuu walkers, who trekked 1,600 km from Whapmagoostui to Ottawa, framing walking as activism and an act of decolonization.

A veteran Indigenous filmmaker's concise portrait of walking as protest and cultural reclamation.

The Nishiyuu walkers made the trek from Whapmagoostui in Quebec to Ottawa, a 1,600-kilometre journey whose roots date back millennia. At the heart of legendary director Alanis Obomsawin’s latest short documentary, her 51

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