Alanis Obomsawin reflects on a life of filmmaking

Hot Docs outstanding achievement award recipient Alanis Obomsawin has made a career of documenting Aboriginal stories at the National Film Board of Canada. This week nine of her films are the subject of a retrospective which will include the world premiere of her latest, Professor Norman Cornett - 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'. Before the big event, realscreen spoke with Obomsawin about what the retrospective means to her and what is at the root of all of her documentaries.
April 29, 2009

Hot Docs outstanding achievement award recipient Alanis Obomsawin has made a career of documenting Aboriginal stories at the National Film Board of Canada. This week nine of her films are the subject of a retrospective which will include the world premiere of her latest, Professor Norman Cornett - 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'. Before the big event, realscreen spoke with Obomsawin about what the retrospective means to her and what is at the root of all of her documentaries.

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