Quote:
"Eventually, through circumstance, I became a documentary filmmaker and quickly realized the power of film to educate. I also believe that the word is the main component of a story. This stems from when I was a child back in Odanak. In the evening, oil lamps were the only source of light. We children would sit by the lamp light and listen to the stories that the adults would tell about our history, about the animal world, and about their lives."
-- Alanis Obomsawin

Source:
Obomsawin, Alanis. "What Drives Me." [Abenaki / English] ["First published in Maclean's online, October 6, 2017."] 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. 268)