My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)

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.

Released Jan. 1, 1995 30 min 7+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.woman-director, tmdb.indigenous-peoples, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.title-directed-by-female, imdb.title-written-by-female, mdblist.belongs-to-collection, imdb.independent-film + 5 more, imdb.first-person-title, imdb.four-word-title, imdb.character-name-in-title, mdblist.collection-follow-up, imdb.oka-crisis