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Bill Reid Remembers
''Bill Reid Remembers'' is a 2022 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Alanis Obomsawin."Hot Docs 2022 , Deux courts films de l’ONF sur des destins hors du commun" ''CTVM'', March 31, 2022. The film is a portrait of the life and career of influential Haida people, Haida artist Bill Reid. The film premiered at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It was also screened at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival as part of Landscapes of Resistance, a program of films about indigenous resistance to colonialism. The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022. It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Canadian Screen A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alanis Obomsawin
Alanis Obomsawin, (born August 31, 1932) is an Abenaki American Canadian filmmaker, singer, artist, and activist primarily known for her documentary films. Born in New Hampshire, United States and raised primarily in Quebec, Canada, she has written and directed many National Film Board of Canada documentaries on First Nations issues. Obomsawin is a member of Film Fatales independent women filmmakers. Obomsawin relates that "the basic purpose f her filmsis for our people to have a voice ..no matter what we're talking about whether it has to do with having our existence recognized, or whether it has to do with speaking about our values, our survival, our beliefs, that we belong to something beautiful, that it's O.K. to be an Indian, to be a native person in this country". Her best known documentary is '' Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance'', regarding the 1990 Oka Crisis in Quebec. Early life Obomsawin, which means "pathfinder", was born on August 31, 1932, near Lebanon, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |