Puberty - Part 1

Obomsawin, Alanis, (film director.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: An intimate portrait of Marie Leo, a Sto:lo woman who was adopted into a Líl̓wat family as a baby. Marie's gentle narrative of her remarkable early childhood demonstrates a deep connection to culture, land and family that continues to endure. This short is part of the L'il'wata series. In the early 1970s, at the outset of her documentary career, Alanis Obomsawin visited the Líl̓wat Nation, an Interior Salish First Nation in British Columbia, and created a series of shorts that provide personal narratives about Líl̓wat culture, histories and knowledge. Remastered on DVD in 2009. .

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (14 min., 17 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019.
Copyright: ©1975

Content descriptions

General Note:	Aboriginal filmmaker. Agency - English program:.Quebec Centre.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Alanis Obomsawin.
Participant or Performer Note:	Voice, Marie Leo.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1975.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).