UNITED STATES · 2006

Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

Alanis Obomsawin
Indigenous history Cultural displacement Community resilience First Nations identity Homecoming
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Having dedicated nearly four decades to chronicling the lives of Canada's First Nations, Alanis Obomsawin returns to the village where she was raised to tell her own people's history of prosperity, displacement, endurance, and revitalization.

Year2006
CountryUnited States
DirectorAlanis Obomsawin
Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises poster

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