NOTE: The live dialogue will be broadcast via an embedded Youtube player. The live chat will not be available.
Please join us for a night of film and celebration to honour filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin. We’ll be screening Bill Reid Remembers, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair, and Upstairs With David Amram. After the screening, join us for a live discussion with Alanis moderated by Sonya Ballantyne. If the embedded video fails to play, you can access the live talk directly on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y635wnt-rw)
Thank you to the Margaret Laurence Endowment Fund of Women and Gender Studies, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
Before her storied career as one of Canada’s foremost documentary filmmakers, Alanis Obomsawin was an acclaimed singer and musician at the forefront of the Indigenous rights movement in North America. During this unprecedented time, she befriended fellow musician and activist David Amram, often described as the “Renaissance man of American music.” A legendary talent and multi-instrumentalist, David embodies the passion and love musicians have for their artform. In this remarkable conversation recorded in 2008 at Montreal’s celebrated Upstairs jazz bar, Alanis and David reflect on their shared history and a time when music was a powerful tool for social change.
- Year2022
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorAlanis Obomsawin
- CinematographerMartin Duckworth
- EditorAlison Burns
NOTE: The live dialogue will be broadcast via an embedded Youtube player. The live chat will not be available.
Please join us for a night of film and celebration to honour filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin. We’ll be screening Bill Reid Remembers, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair, and Upstairs With David Amram. After the screening, join us for a live discussion with Alanis moderated by Sonya Ballantyne. If the embedded video fails to play, you can access the live talk directly on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y635wnt-rw)
Thank you to the Margaret Laurence Endowment Fund of Women and Gender Studies, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
Before her storied career as one of Canada’s foremost documentary filmmakers, Alanis Obomsawin was an acclaimed singer and musician at the forefront of the Indigenous rights movement in North America. During this unprecedented time, she befriended fellow musician and activist David Amram, often described as the “Renaissance man of American music.” A legendary talent and multi-instrumentalist, David embodies the passion and love musicians have for their artform. In this remarkable conversation recorded in 2008 at Montreal’s celebrated Upstairs jazz bar, Alanis and David reflect on their shared history and a time when music was a powerful tool for social change.
- Year2022
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorAlanis Obomsawin
- CinematographerMartin Duckworth
- EditorAlison Burns