My Name Is Kahentiiosta
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
| 01 January 1995 (USA)
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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.

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It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

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