Alanis Obomsawin: movies and TV shows

Alanis Obomsawin has 161 credits in the archive: 156 films and 5 TV series, from 1969 to 2024. Highest rated: Heritage Minutes (7.3/10).

Career timeline

1969 – 2024 · busiest year: 1972 (12 credits)

Full filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2024	Dans un cinéma près de chez vous	Self	TV	—	91
2024	My Friend the Green Horse	Narrator	Film	—	91
2024	My Friend the Green Horse		Film	—	91
2024	My Friend the Green Horse		Film	—	91
2024	My Friend the Green Horse		Film	—	91
2023	Bones of Crows	Indigenous Director	TV	8.0	90
2023	Bones of Crows	TRC Film Director	Film	6.8	90
2023	The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court		Film	—	90
2023	Kattawapiskak Elementary School		Film	—	90
2023	Let's Study Treaty No. 5		Film	—	90
2023	Outdoor Art Gallery		Film	—	90
2022	Upstairs With David Amram		Film	—	89
2022	Upstairs With David Amram		Film	—	89
2022	Bill Reid Remembers	Self - Narrator (voice)	Film	—	89
2022	Bill Reid Remembers		Film	—	89
2022	Bill Reid Remembers		Film	—	89
2022	Bill Reid Remembers		Film	—	89
2022	Bill Reid Remembers		Film	—	89
2022	Bill Reid Remembers		Film	—	89
2022	Bill Reid Remembers		Film	—	89
2022	Wabano: The Light of the Day		Film	—	89
2022	Wabano: The Light of the Day		Film	—	89
2021	Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again	Self	Film	8.0	88
2021	Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again		Film	8.0	88
2021	Le grand solstice	Self	Film	—	88
2021	Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak		Film	—	88
2021	Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair		Film	9.0	88
2021	Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair		Film	9.0	88
2021	Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair		Film	9.0	88
2021	Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak		Film	—	88
2020	La semaine des 4 Julie	Self	TV	2.0	87
2019	Bonsoir bonsoir!	Self	TV	4.0	86
2019	Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen	Self	Film	6.7	86
2019	Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger	Narrator (voice)	Film	8.0	86
2019	Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger		Film	8.0	86
2019	Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger		Film	8.0	86
2019	Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger		Film	8.0	86
2019	Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger		Film	8.0	86
2018	The Devil's Share	Self (archive footage)	Film	8.0	85
2017	Our People Will Be Healed		Film	5.7	84
2017	Walking Is Medicine	Narrator (voice)	Film	—	84
2017	Walking Is Medicine		Film	—	84
2017	Walking Is Medicine		Film	—	84
2016	We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice		Film	—	83
2016	Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak	Narrator (voice)	Film	—	83
2014	Documenting John Grierson		Film	—	81
2014	Trick or Treaty?	Narrator	Film	—	81
2014	Trick or Treaty?		Film	—	81
2014	Trick or Treaty?		Film	—	81
2014	Trick or Treaty?		Film	—	81
2014	Making Movie History: Alanis Obomsawin	Self	Film	—	81
2013	Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights	Narrator	Film	—	80
2013	Hi-Ho Mistahey!		Film	6.3	80
2013	Hi-Ho Mistahey!		Film	6.3	80
2012	The Federal Court Hearing		Film	—	79
2012	The Federal Court Hearing		Film	—	79
2012	The Federal Court Hearing		Film	—	79
2012	The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later		Film	—	79
2012	The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later		Film	—	79
2012	The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later		Film	—	79
2012	The People of the Kattawapiskak River		Film	—	79
2012	The People of the Kattawapiskak River		Film	—	79
2010	Waseteg	Narrator	Film	5.0	77
2010	When All the Leaves Are Gone		Film	—	77
2010	When All the Leaves Are Gone		Film	—	77
2010	When All the Leaves Are Gone		Film	—	77
2009	Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'		Film	—	76
2009	Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'		Film	—	76
2008	Capturing Reality	Self	Film	6.1	75
2008	Dream Magic	Self	Film	—	75
2007	Gene Boy Came Home		Film	—	74
2006	Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises		Film	6.0	73
2006	Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises		Film	6.0	73
2006	Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises		Film	6.0	73
2005	Sigwan		Film	—	72
2005	Sigwan		Film	—	72
2003	Is the Crown at war with us?	Narrator (voice)	Film	6.6	70
2003	Is the Crown at war with us?		Film	6.6	70
2003	Is the Crown at war with us?		Film	6.6	70
2003	Our Nationhood		Film	7.0	70
2003	Our Nationhood		Film	7.0	70
2003	Our Nationhood		Film	7.0	70
2000	Rocks at Whiskey Trench	Self - Narrator (voice)	Film	6.6	67
2000	Rocks at Whiskey Trench		Film	6.6	67
2000	Rocks at Whiskey Trench		Film	6.6	67
1998	Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man		Film	7.5	65
1998	Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man		Film	7.5	65
1998	Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man		Film	7.5	65
1995	My Name Is Kahentiiosta		Film	8.0	62
1995	My Name Is Kahentiiosta		Film	8.0	62
1995	My Name Is Kahentiiosta		Film	8.0	62
1993	Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance	Narrator (voice)	Film	7.5	60
1993	Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance		Film	7.5	60
1993	Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance		Film	7.5	60
1993	Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance		Film	7.5	60
1993	Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance		Film	7.5	60
1991	Heritage Minutes	Narrator	TV	7.3	58
1991	Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later		Film	8.0	58
1991	Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later		Film	8.0	58
1991	Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later		Film	8.0	58
1991	Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later		Film	8.0	58
1991	Walker		Film	10.0	58
1988	No Address		Film	8.5	55
1988	No Address		Film	8.5	55
1988	No Address		Film	8.5	55
1987	Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place		Film	8.0	54
1987	Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place		Film	8.0	54
1987	Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place		Film	8.0	54
1987	La Maison Poundmaker - La Voie de la guérison		Film	—	54
1986	Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child		Film	8.0	53
1986	Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child		Film	8.0	53
1986	Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child		Film	8.0	53
1984	Incident at Restigouche	Narrator	Film	7.3	51
1984	Incident at Restigouche		Film	7.3	51
1984	Incident at Restigouche		Film	7.3	51
1984	Incident at Restigouche		Film	7.3	51
1980	Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic	Narrator	Film	9.0	47
1980	Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic		Film	9.0	47
1980	Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic		Film	9.0	47
1979	Cold Journey		Film	—	46
1979	Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City	Narrator	Film	8.0	46
1979	Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City		Film	8.0	46
1979	Sounds from Our People: Old Crow		Film	—	46
1979	Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora		Film	—	46
1979	Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora		Film	—	46
1979	Cree Way		Film	—	46
1977	Amisk		Film	8.5	44
1977	Amisk		Film	8.5	44
1977	Mother of Many Children	Narrator (voice)	Film	8.0	44
1977	Mother of Many Children		Film	8.0	44
1977	Mother of Many Children		Film	8.0	44
1977	Mother of Many Children		Film	8.0	44
1975	Puberty - Part 2		Film	—	42
1975	Mount Currie Summer Camp		Film	—	42
1975	Our Dear Sisters	Self	Film	—	42
1975	Eliza's Horoscope	Indian Maiden	Film	4.4	42
1975	Objects in Our Daily Lives		Film	—	42
1975	Objects in Our Daily Lives		Film	—	42
1975	Farming		Film	—	42
1975	Basket		Film	—	42
1975	Salmon		Film	—	42
1975	Puberty - Part 1		Film	—	42
1975	L’íl’wata		Film	—	42
1975	Xusum		Film	—	42
1972	History of Manawan - Part Two		Film	—	39
1972	History of Manawan - Part Two		Film	—	39
1972	History of Manawan - Part Two		Film	—	39
1972	Walk With Dignity		Film	—	39
1972	History of Manawan - Part One		Film	—	39
1972	History of Manawan - Part One		Film	—	39
1972	History of Manawan - Part One		Film	—	39
1972	Moose Call		Film	—	39
1972	Children		Film	—	39
1972	Partridge		Film	—	39
1972	Snowshoes		Film	—	39
1972	The Canoe		Film	—	39
1971	Christmas at Moose Factory	Narrator (voice)	Film	8.0	38
1971	Christmas at Moose Factory		Film	8.0	38
1971	Christmas at Moose Factory		Film	8.0	38
1969	The Hoarder		Film	6.8	36
	The Retaliation Hearings		Film	—	—

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