Much more profound than hope’: Legendary Abenaki filmmaker sees positive change – CBC

Dec 16, 2021

APTN adds 11 Alanis Obomsawin films to its on-demand streaming service

Legendary Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin says at 89 years of age she is still driven to tell Indigenous stories, and after 54 years of doing that she is seeing more than a few signs of positive change in the country.

“There is racism, yes, in a lot of places … but there is also a good side that is going on, especially in the last 10 years … [many] Canadians really want to see justice for our people,” said Obomsawin from her office at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal.

Obomsawin is one of the most acclaimed Indigenous directors in the world and is considered by many as the mother of Indigenous filmmaking.

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