My Name Is Kahentiiosta
Movie
Geners : Documentary
Rate : imdb 8/10
Status : Released
Language : en
Country : Canada
Release :1995-01-01
RunTime :30 mins
Story :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.
Cast
Alanis ObomsawinDirector
Alanis ObomsawinWriter
Alanis ObomsawinProducer
Ruby-Marie DennisEditor