Alanis Obomsawin's Trick or Treaty? to screen at TIFF 2014

Alanis Obomsawinhas made a career of documenting history but today she's making history of her own. The 82-year-old veteran Abenaki filmmaker will become the first indigenous filmmaker to screenin the Masters programmeat the Toronto International Film Festival.

"Alanis is exactly the type of filmmaker that the Masters programme was made for." said Jesse Wente, Director of Film Programmes at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

"The Masters program is there to identify filmmakers who throughout their career really altered the landscape of cinema. Alanis is certainly one of Canadas great documentary filmmakers but in a larger context she is really the grandmother of indigenous cinema all over the world."

Obomsawin's filmTrick or Treaty?will debut at the festival in Toronto in September. The documentary follows the journey of First Nations in northern Ontario in their quest for affirmation of their treaty rights.

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The announcement was made at the today at a press conference in Toronto unveiling thelineup of Canadian films at this year's festival.

Obomsawin has directedmore than 40 filmsover 40 years chronicling the livesof aboriginal peoplein Canada. Her first film,"Christmas at Moose Factory" debuted in 1971 andher most famous work "Kanehsatake:270 Years of Resistance followed the Oka crisis in the summer of 1990.

Obomsawinhas screened at TIFF numerous times times including her latest film, "Hi HoMistahey!" last year.

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