My Name Is Kahentiiosta
MovieTitle | My Name Is Kahentiiosta |
User score | 8 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1995 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Alanis Obomsawin |
Production country | Canada |
Production companies | ONF | NFB |
Run time | 30 min. |
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.