My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995 · 30 min · Documentary
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.
- Director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- Writer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- Released
- January 1, 1995
- Language
- English
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