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My Name Is Kahentiiosta

8.0(2)199530m0

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
EN
Part of Oka series · 4 films
  • woman director
  • indigenous peoples

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Canada

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  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalG1 Jan 1995

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My Name Is Kahentiiosta was released on 1 January 1995.

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