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    My Name Is Kahentiiosta

    My Name Is Kahentiiosta

    1995

    30:43

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    8.0/10 (1)

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    Genre

    Documentary

    Plot

    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,

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