My Name Is Kahentiiosta
Documentary
Lenguage:30 min
Duration:en
Release date:Jan 1, 1995
Calificacion:8.0
Description:
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.