Citation :
« [Alanis Obomsawin's] work demystifies notions of disinterested observation in cinéma direct by inscribing her presence in the film, as narrator and subject. [...] Her work subverts the objectifying tendencies of the social documentary by revealing a heartfelt respect for the past and present of the people she has filmed. »
-- Zuzana Pick

Source :
PICK, Zuzana. « Storytelling and Resistance: The Documentary Practice of Alanis Obomsawin » , dans Gendering the Nation: Canadian Women's Cinema, sous la direction de Kay Armatage, Kass Banning, Brenda Longfellow et Janine Marchessault, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1999. [en anglais] (p. 77)