[iDiversity] ALANIS OBOMSAWIN - Feb. 26th and 27th

[Marisa Duarte]

> 

> 

> Get word out to everyone who cares about Native film and Indigenous communities.

> At the end of the month is a rare opportunity to interact and 

> see new films from a real genius of modern cinema and a leader for aboriginal rights. 

> Please share widely, print the attached poster and distribute.

> Also see the link at: 

> http://jsis.washington.edu/canada/alanis/

> 

> 

> Native Voices, The Canadian Studies Center, and NASAA Present

> 

> Friday, February 26th and Saturday, February 27th

> 

> THE CINEMA OF SOVEREIGNTY

> 

> An Evening with 1st Nations Filmmaker, 

> Alanis Obomsawin

> 

> Without dispute, Alanis Obomsawin is the

> world's most accomplished Native filmmaker.

> In a career that has taken her from the folk

> clubs of Greenwich Village to the

> barricades of Aboriginal protest, Obomsawin

> has put the stories of Indigenous Peoples on

> film with consummate grace and courage. Her

> films about the Oka crisis we called

> by Audra Simpson and Faye

> Ginsburg “arguably the  most important

> narrative and historical archive of

> Native-settler relations in existence. For

> more than 30 years, Obomsawin has pursued a

> career dedicated to the lives of Native

> peoples, and has created a body of work that

> is unparalleled in the annuls of indigenous

> film.

> 

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> Friday, 2/26, 7:00 pm, Room 210, Kane Hall

> WABAN-AKI: People from Where the Sun Rises

> 

> WABAN-AKI: People from Where the Sun RisesObomsawin’s illustrious 

> career comes full circle. After four decades of chronicling the lives 

> of Native peoples and communities, she returns to the village where she 

> was raised to craft a lyrical account of her own people. (2006, 104:00)

> 

> Best Documentary Award, 2006, Imagine Native Media Arts Festival, Toronto

> 

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> Saturday, 2/27, 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Walker Ames Room (225), Kane Hall

> SPECIAL MASTER CLASS WITH ALANIS OBOMSAWIN

> Gene Boy Came Home (2007, 24:00)

> 

> Gene Boy Came HomeJoin us for this special Master Class with Alanis Obomsawin, 

> as she screens and talks in depth about her powerful new film. 

> This moving story tells the harrowing tale of the ugliness of war through 

> the eyes of one survivor. Class is limited to 20 participants, so this will 

> be a terrific opportunity for intimate interaction with the master filmmaker 

> and community activist. 

> 

> Please call (206) 221-6374 or email canada at uw.edu for reservations.

> 

> 

> Daniel Hart

> 

> co-Director, Native Voices

> Professor, American Indian Studies

> Chair and Director, Canadian Studies

> Padelford 514c, Box 354305

> University of Washington,

> Seattle, WA 98195

> (206) 543-9082

> 

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