My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

🎞️ Movie 28 min CA
โ˜… 7.5 /10 1995

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 aboriginal name.

Cast

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Francis Grandmont
Composer
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Claude Vendette
Composer