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<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Sylfaen;">Filmmaker and Cultural
Warrior Alanis Obomsawin<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Sylfaen;">Honored by
Retrospective at The <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fine Arts</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"><font
size="3">After a triumphant retrospective at <st1:State w:st="on">New
York</st1:State>’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Modern Art</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, <o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"><font
size="3">a selection of films moves to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:City>, May 28 – 31, 2008<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p><font
size="3"> </font></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"><font
size="3">Alanis Obomsawin in Person at All Screenings!<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p><font
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"><font
size="3">Panel Discussion with Melissa Bisagni of the National Museum
of the American Indian, filmaker Raquel Chapa (WGBH/American
Experience), and Alanis Obomsawin following May 31 screenings.<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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align="center"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span
lang="EN-US">Alanis Obomsawin is one of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s most distinguished
documentary filmmakers. A member of the Abenaki Nation, whose territory
originally extended from New England to <st1:State w:st="on">Quebec</st1:State>,
Obamsawin was born in <st1:State w:st="on">New Hampshire</st1:State>
in 1932 and raised on the Odanak reservation northeast of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Montreal</st1:place></st1:City>. Deeply
absorbed in the history, traditional stories, and songs of her
ancestors, she began her career as a singer, writer, and storyteller.
She has worked with the National Film Board of Canada to make over
thirty documentaries on issues affecting First Nations peoples.<br>
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Obomsawin first chronicled conflicts over land and political rights
between aboriginal peoples and other communities in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>
with Incident at Restigouche (1984). Her 1993 film Kanehsatake: 270
Years of Resistance, about the Mohawk protest against the expansion of
a golf course into sacred burial lands, received international acclaim.
Interweaving drawings, songs, music, and interviews, her films are
distinguished by their original research, meticulous attention to
historical detail, compassion for their contemporary subjects, and
insight into the rights and lives of First Nations peoples. In May
2008, Obomsawin receives the Governor General's Performing Arts Award,
one of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
highest honors. All films are from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> and are written and
directed by Obomsawin. (Written by Sally Berger, MoMA)<br>
<br>
- Panel Discussion with Alanis Obomsawin, Melissa Bisagni
(NMAI/Smithsonian), Raquel Chapa (Filmmaker/WGBH) and others after the
May 31 Screenings<br>
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<strong><font size="5">Boston Globe Article</font></strong></span></p>
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lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/05/25/contrasting_happy_days_hard_times/"><strong><font
size="5">http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/05/25/contrasting_happy_days_hard_times/</font></strong></a></span></p>
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lang="EN-US"><o:p><strong><font size="5"> </font></strong></o:p></span></p>
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size="5"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><span
lang="EN-US">Museum</span></st1:PlaceType><span lang="EN-US"> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Fine Art</st1:PlaceName></span></st1:place></font></strong></p>
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size="5"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="EN-US"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"></st1:PlaceName></span></st1:place><span lang="EN-US"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.mfa.org/film/">http://www.mfa.org/film/</a></span></font></strong></p>
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<div align="left"><font face="Sylfaen">Dylan Maddox McGinty<br>
U.S. Sales Manager</font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Sylfaen">National Film Board of Canada<br>
1123 Broadway, Suite 307<br>
New York, NY 10010</font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Sylfaen">Tel 212 629 8890<br>
Fax 212 629 8502<br>
Mob 347 873 5160<br>
Eml </font><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:d.mcginty@nfb.ca"><font
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