Alanis Obomsawin in Conversation with Faye Ginsburg

To celebrate the opening of The Children Have to Hear Another Story, join legendary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin for a conversation on six decades of her work with anthropologist Faye Ginsburg. RSVP to secure your spot for this free event, as part of our March Open House.

A member of the Abenaki Nation, Alanis Obomsawin is an activist filmmaker and producer, whose retrospective is presented at MoMA PS1. Her groundbreaking work amplifies Indigenous voices and sheds light on pressing issues, from environmental justice to cultural preservation. In 2023, she was the first female filmmaker to be awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal. Obomsawin was awarded the Glenn Gould Prize in 2020. She was named a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2019 and has been a Grande Officière of the Ordre national du Québec since 2016. She is also the recipient of over fifteen honorary degrees from universities and colleges across Canada and the US. In 1965, Obomsawin was also named Outstanding Canadian of the Year by Maclean’s magazine for spearheading the construction of the municipal pool in Odanak, which still operates today.

Faye Ginsburg is David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology at NYU where she is also Director of the Center for Media, Culture and History, Co-Director of the NYU Council for the Study of Disability, and Co-Director of the Center for Religion and Media. As a prizewinning author and editor, her research focuses on movements for social transformation, from her early work on abortion activists, to her longstanding research on Indigenous media.