Film · Documentary
My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)
★ 8.0 · 2 votes30 minDocumentary1995
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
- Writers
- Alanis Obomsawin
- Country
- Canada, United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- January 1, 1995
