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Alanis Obomsawin, a member of the Abenaki Nation, is one of Canada’s most distinguished documentary filmmakers. She has become not only Canada's most famous indigenous filmmaker but also one of the most well known Canadian documentarians. For over 30 years, she has directed documentaries at the NFB with strong social content, inspired by the desire to let the voices of her people be heard.
AWARDS
Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award (2009)Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award (2008)
Officer of the Order of Canada, 2001 (appointment), 2002 (investiture)
Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts (2001)
Outstanding Contributions Award from the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA), 1994
National Aboriginal Achievement Award (1994) For film presented by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation)
Toronto Women in Film and Television (TWIFT) Outstanding Achievement Award in Direction (1994)
Member of the Order of Canada, 1983 (appointment and investiture)
Shelley Niro Working in photography, painting, sculpture and film, Niro's work has been broadly exhibited in galleries across Canada and can be found in the collections of the Canada Council Art Bank, Canadian Museum of Civilization, and Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.
PROGRAMME
1/ RICHARD CARDINAL: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child 29 min 10 sec 1986 colour
This is a tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis teenager who committed suicide in 1984. Richard had been taken from his home at the age of 4 because of family problems and spent the rest of his short life moving in and out of foster homes, group homes, and shelters in Alberta. A sensitive, articulate young man, he left behind a diary upon which this award winning drama is based.
2/ Gene Boy Came Home 24 min 2007 colour sound
Alanis Obomsawin turns her camera on the ugliness of war through the eyes of one survivor, Vietnam War veteran Eugene “Gene Boy” Bendict, from her home community of Odanak.
3/ Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises 104 min. 2006 film
Obomsawin's illustrious career comes full circle with this film. Having dedicated nearly four decades to chronicling the lives of Canada's First Nations, she returns to the village where she was raised to craft a lyric account of her own people.
Nora Hutchinson received her MFA from the University of Guelph in 1988. She has a substantial career in teaching and in producing works in video, performance art, music composition and installation. Hutchinson has taught at The Ontario College of Art [1982-1996], the University of Guelph and York University. She has shown her work both locally and internationally. Her awards include The Lesley Neilson Award, The Portland Oregon Award and The Video Roma Award.
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