Alanis Obomsawin
Director · 89 credits · 2 in highly-rated films
Best known for Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
Directed movies (64 total, ranked by score)
1Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993 · ★ 7.4 (14 votes)
Documentary
2Amisk
1977 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
3Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
2006 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
4Sigwan
2005
Drama
5Mother of Many Children
1977 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)
Documentary
6Our People Will Be Healed
2017 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)
Documentary
7Trick or Treaty?
2014
Documentary
8When All the Leaves Are Gone
2010
Drama
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The People of the Kattawapiskak River
2012
Documentary
10Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
2019 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
11Rocks at Whiskey Trench
2000 · ★ 6.3 (7 votes)
Documentary
12Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora
1979
Documentary
13Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
1986
Documentary
14Incident at Restigouche
1984 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)
Documentary
15Christmas at Moose Factory
1971 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)
Documentary, Family, Animation
16Walker
1991
Drama
17We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
2016
Documentary
18No Address
1988 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
19Is the Crown at war with us?
2003 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)
Documentary
20My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
21Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man
1998 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
22Our Nationhood
2003 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
23Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place
1987
Documentary
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Hi-Ho Mistahey!
2013 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)
Documentary
25Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
1980
Documentary
26Gene Boy Came Home
2007
Documentary
27Let's Study Treaty No. 5
2023
28Wabano: The Light of the Day
2022
Documentary
29Basket
1975
Documentary
30The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later
2012
Documentary
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.