Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:ONF | NFB
My Name Is Kahentiiosta on the Web:Official Website
Oka series Movies
Alanis Obomsawin's series on the 1990 Oka crisis
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
DirectorAlanis Obomsawin
WriterAlanis Obomsawin
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.
