Quote:
"The performances are shot in a traditional observational style [in Amisk]. But [Alanis] Obomsawin creates a unique, idiosyncratic rendering of time-space for testimony and witness. When we see Indigenous people who listen, rapt and animated in their attention, just as Obomsawin is when we see her performing this function—the Indigenous witness, the local listener, the active receiver—we are taught a new way to perform our function as well."
-- Alexandra Juhasz

Source:
Juhasz, Alexandra. "The Gift of Time: Listening in Amisk." 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. 71)