Quote:
"Watching Amisk, I am really struck that Alanis [Obomsawin] managed to bring together so many different people. The connections she had already established as a programmer at the Mariposa Folk Festival in Southern Ontario must have been crucial, but it is worth thinking about what coming together meant at the time. Right now, if a bunch of Indigenous artists or musicians get together from across the country, that's perfectly normal, but back then it was still quite special. You can see Alanis drawing out these connections in the very structure of the film. [...]"
-- Richard William Hill

Source:
Hill, Richard William. "What Resurgence Looked Like: Richard William Hill speaks with Cheryl L'hirondelle and Joseph Naytowhow." In Alanis Obomsawin: Lifework, edited by Richard William Hill and Hila Peleg. Munich: Prestel, 2022. 'This book accompanies the exhibition The Children Have to Hear Another Story—Alanis Obomsawin: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, January 23-April 18, 2022; Vancouver Art Gallery, Spring 2023; Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Summer 2023'. [exhibition catalogue] (p. 86)