Alanis Obomsawin Quotes

• 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

  Fighting, Stories, Way

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• Cuando se tale el último árbol, se pesque el último pez y se contamine el último río; cuando respirar el aire sea enfermizo, te darás cuenta, demasiado tarde, de que la riqueza no está en las cuentas bancarias y de que no se puede comer dinero.

  Alanis Obomsawin

  Money, Nature, Food

  "Who is the Chairman of This Meeting? : A Collection of Essays". Book by Ralph Osborne (p. 43), "Conversations with North American Indians" by Ted Poole, 1972.

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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.

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  Niños, Gente, Miradas

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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

  Long Walks, Racism, Prejudice

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• Waban-aki: People from where the sun rises.

  Alanis Obomsawin

  People, Sun, Sun Rise

  "Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises". Documentary, 2006.

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