Alanis Obomsawin Quotes & Sayings

Racism and prejudice exist there [at the National Film Board] like anywhere else. My history at the Board has not been easy. It's been a long walk. — Alanis Obomsawin

Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I've been working on have been very valuable for the people, for our people to look at ourselves, at the situations, really facing it, and through that being able to make changes that really count for the future of our children to come. — Alanis Obomsawin

So much history can be lost if no one tells the story
so that's what I do. I tell the stories. This is my way of fighting for social change. — Alanis Obomsawin

Waban-aki: People from where the sun rises. — Alanis Obomsawin