Waban-Aki : People from Where the Sun Rises

Obomsawin, Alanis, (film director.). Obomsawin, Alanis, (film producer.). Bochner, Sally, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Yvonne M'Sadoques rocks forward in her chair. She's lived in the Abenaki community of Odanak for over a century - and has no shortage of stories to tell. "The priest would march into our home and order us to stop dancing. We were going to the devil, he said." She pauses, a humorous glint in her eye. "But you know - I don't really believe in the devil. Do you?" M'Sadoques is in conversation with Alanis Obomsawin, another of Odanak's proud daughters - and one of Canada's leading documentary filmmakers. Obomsawin's illustrious career comes full circle with Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises. 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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (104 min., 02 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2014.
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

General Note:	Aboriginal filmmaker. Agency - English program:.Quebec Centre. Study guide available.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Alanis Obomsawin ; director, Alanis Obomsawin ; editor, Alison Burns ; camera, Philippe Amiguet ; location sound, Raymond Marcoux, Ismaël Cordeiro ; original music, Francis Grandmont ; sound editing, Don Ayer ; re-recording, Shelley Craig ; music recording, Geoffrey Mitchell, Sylvain Cajelais ; producer, Alanis Obomsawin ; executive producer, Sally Bochner.
Participant or Performer Note:	Voice, Anthony Robinow, Keith Ravenheart.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2006.
Target Audience Note:	12-17.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Best Documentary Award, 2006
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).