My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)

TMDb

8.0

01/01/1995 • 0h 30m
original-title

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

status

Released

production-companies

ONF | NFB

original-language

English

budget

-

revenue

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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.

production-countries

Canada

Part of the Oka series

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