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In 1977, a nine-day festival in Montreal was held to support the James Bay Cree, whose territory, resources and culture...

Bill Reid Remembers

In this intimate portrait of renowned Haida artist Bill Reid, Alanis Obomsawin weaves together voice recordings of her...

Christmas at Moose Factory

Alanis Obomsawin's 1971 directorial debut, filmed at a residential school in Northern Ontario, is composed entirely of...

Hi-Ho Mistahey!

Supporters of teen Shannen Koostachin, who launched a campaign to build a suitable school in Attawapiskat before she was...

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

Alanis Obomsawin shares a powerful 2016 speech by the Ojibwe senator and former Truth and Reconciliation Commission...

Incident at Restigouche

In June 1981, the Quebec Provincial Police raided Restigouche Reserve; at issue were the salmon-fishing rights of the Mi...

Is the Crown at War With Us?

In the summer of 2000, the country watched in disbelief as federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'kmaq...

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

How the life of Jordan River Anderson initiated a battle for the right of First Nations children to receive the same...

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien'kehaka (Mohawk) lands in Quebec set the stage...

Mother of Many Children

In her first feature-length documentary, released in 1977, Alanis Obomsawin honours the central place of women and...

My Name is Kahentiiosta

Arrested during the 1990 Oka crisis, Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk, is detained four days longer than other...

Our People Will Be Healed

In Norway House, north of Winnipeg, the Cree community has been enriched through the power of education at a school that...

Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

A look at the root causes of substance abuse in Indigenous communities and how the Poundmaker's Lodge, an Indigenous-run...

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Metis Child

This powerful tribute to Richard Cardinal, who died by his own hand at the age of 17 after spending most of his life in...

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

A look at a dark day during the 1990 Oka Crisis, when a convoy of women, children and Elders fleeing their community out...

Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

Coming from a long tradition of daring Mohawk high steel workers, Randy Horne, known as "Spudwrench", passionately...

The Federal Court Hearing

Amid a severe housing crisis in 2011, the federal government imposed third-party management on the Attawapiskat First...

The L’il’wata Series

Alanis made this series of short films for students in 1975 featuring the personal stories, voices, culture, history and...

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The Manawan Series

Alanis made this series of short films in 1972 featuring personal stories, voices, culture, history and knowledge of...

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The People of the Kattawapiskak River

Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin exposes the housing crisis and poor living conditions faced by 1,700 Cree in northern Ontario...

The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later

Alanis Obomsawin revisits the Cree community of Attawapiskat in northern Ontario, whose severe housing crisis made...

Trick or Treaty?

Indigenous leaders are seeking justice to establish dialogue with the Canadian government. They trace the history of...

Upstairs with David Amram

At Montreal's celebrated Upstairs jazz bar, filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin and musician/activist David Amram reflect on...

Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

Yvonne M'Sadoques has lived in the Abenaki community of Odanak for over a century - and has no shortage of stories to...

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Following a historic court case filed by the Assembly of First Nations and the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada...

When All the Leaves Are Gone

The only First Nations student in all-white 1940s school, eight-year-old Wato finds solace and strength in the...