My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)

Run Time: 0h30m | Release: 01 Jan 1995

Production Countries: Canada

8 / 101 Vote Count

Overview:

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.