My Name Is Kahentiiosta
My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

Release date : 1995-01-01

Production country :

Canada

Production company :

ONF | NFB

Status : Released

Durasi : 30 Min.

Popularity : 0.433

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Total Vote : 1

This documentary short by Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis' 78-day armed standoff in 1990. She was detained 4 days longer than the other women. Her crime? The prosecutor representing the Quebec government did not accept her indigenous name.