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We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Alanis Obomsawin to Receive 2023 Edward MacDowell Medal

by Pat Mullen
April 2, 2023
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Alanis Obomsawin will receive the Edward MacDowell Medal in a ceremony on July 23 with opening remarks by Jesse Wente.

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TIFF Review: ‘Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger’

by Pat Mullen
September 8, 2019
Reviews/TIFF

Obomsawin’s latest doc, Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger, completes the recent and significant six-film chapter in her body of work about the rights of Indigenous children.

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Review: ‘Our People Will Be Healed’

by Pat Mullen
September 8, 2017
Reviews/TIFF

In many ways, Obomsawin’s previous films have all been leading her to Norway House, the site of this caring and empathetic doc, Our People Will Be Healed.

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The POV Interview: Alanis Obomsawin – ‘We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice’

by Marc Glassman
September 7, 2016
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What I see is the respect and the strength of the people and the capability of being able to defend yourself and being heard. I think if I were to die tomorrow,

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