29 min
Latest film · 2021
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
Alanis Obomsawin presents Senator Murray Sinclair's World Peace Award speech, interwoven with testimonies from survivors of Canada's residential schools.
Documentary · 29 min · 12K views
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29 min
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
2021 · Documentary · 12K views
Alanis Obomsawin presents Senator Murray Sinclair's World Peace Award speech, interwoven with testimonies from survivors of Canada's residential schools.
5 min
Walking is Medicine
2017 · Documentary · 9.1K views
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.
6 min
The People of the Kattawapiskak River: Six Months Later
2012 · Documentary · 8.6K views
Alanis Obomsawin returns to Attawapiskat six months after its housing emergency made headlines, finding that overcrowding, homelessness and inadequate relief homes persist through the harsh winter.
30 min
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995 · Documentary · 17K views
A young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the 78-day Oka Crisis standoff is held because authorities refuse to accept her Indigenous name.
1 min
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
1980 · Documentary · 7.5K views
A brief glimpse of June in the Inuit community of Povungnituk, where people ice fish and perform throat singing.
1 min
Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora
1979 · Documentary · 7.4K views
Anishinaabe harvesters travel great distances to gather wild rice around Kenora, Ontario, a vital source of food and income.
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