My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 30m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Canada
- Director: Alanis Obomsawin
- keywords: woman director, indigenous peoples
- Production_studio: ONF
- providers: MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
- The My Name Is Kahentiiosta is featured in the top rankings of 1995
- #1 in Top Documentary Movies of 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.