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Waban-aki: People from where the sun rises.
Alanis Obomsawin / Filmmaker
People
Sun
Sun Rise
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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 / Filmmaker
Fighting
Stories
Way
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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 / Filmmaker
Long Walks
Prejudice
Racism
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When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can't eat money.
Alanis Obomsawin / Filmmaker
Nature
Food
Money
Cutting
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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 / Filmmaker
Children
Looks
People
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