{"id":2989,"date":"2023-09-15T14:15:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2023-09-15T14:15:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:15:17","slug":"2023-beatty-lecturer-alanis-obomsawin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/2023-beatty-lecturer-alanis-obomsawin\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Beatty Lecturer: Alanis Obomsawin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the most acclaimed Indigenous filmmakers in the world, Alanis Obomsawin, will deliver the 2023 Beatty Lecture at McGill University on Monday, October 16 from 6-7PM at Pollack Hall in McGill\u2019s Strathcona Music Building. Tickets went on sale last week — $5 for students and $10 for general admission. For details visit www.mcgill.ca\/beatty\/upcoming-lecture<\/a> or the Facebook event page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obomsawin has been creating documentaries for over five decades. Her extraordinary body of work includes the landmark film, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance<\/a>, released in 1993, which documents the 1990 Kanien\u2019k\u00e9haka (Mohawk) uprising in Kanehsatake and Oka. The National Film Board of Canada has archived Obomsawin’s films and they can be streamed for free here<\/a>. You can also access most of her films through McGill Libraries (e-video and DVD), as well as some secondary sources, including Alanis Obomsawin: Lifework<\/a> and Alanis Obomsawin: the vision of a native filmmaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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