My Name Is Kahentiiosta

Movie
TitleMy Name Is Kahentiiosta
User score

8

Release dateJan 1, 1995
GenreDocumentary
DirectorAlanis Obomsawin
Production countryCanada
Production companiesONF | NFB
Run time30 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.

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