CAN 1977 | Director: Alanis Obomsawin | Script: Alanis Obomsawin | Camera: Laval Fortier, Bob Ridgell, Don Virgo | Editor: John Laing | Production: Don Hopkins, Douglas Macdonald, Alanis Obomsawin, NFB | Colour | DCP | 58 min | english OV | National Film Board of Canada

“From earth – from water our people grow to love each other in this manner.
For in all our languages there is no he or she.
We are the children of the earth and of the sea.”

Obomsawin’s first feature-length documentary provided the opportunity for Indigenous women from diverse communities across Canada to discuss their experiences as women. The result is a fascinating collage of insights from many Indigenous communities, generations, and experiences. As the vignettes accumulate, the viewer is given an increasingly complex understanding of the ways in which the strength of women holds communities together and keeps Indigenous values vital and active, even as people’s lives change. (Booklet for „The Children Have to Hear Another Story – Alanis Obomsawin“, HKW, 2022)