Scene from the film My Name Is Kahentiiosta
Scene from the film My Name Is Kahentiiosta
Scene from the film My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

Direction
Year 
1995
Country
  • Canada
Duration
30min 
Audio Tracks 

This short documentary 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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Details

  • Original title
    My Name Is Kahentiiosta
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Alanis Obomsawin
  • DOP
    Jean-Claude Labrecque, André-Luc Dupont
  • Editing
    Ruby-Marie Dennis
  • Music
    Claude Vendette, Francis Grandmont
  • Sound
    Raymond Marcoux, Ismaël Cordeiro, Hans Oomes, Alanis Obomsawin
  • Duration
    30 min (16-30 min.)
  • Year
    1995
  • Country
    • Canada
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Distribution
  • Festivals
    • Annual Dreamspeakers / Int’l Aboriginal Cultural, Artistic and Film Festival, Canada
    • International Short Film Festival, Canada
    • Cinefest, Canada
    • Toronto International Film Festival
    • Reel Aboriginal Film Festival - NFB 60th Anniversary, Canada
    • Vancouver International Film Festival
    • Reflections of Endless Night, Finland
    • International Short Film Festival, France
    • Native American Festival, Germany
    • MEDIAWAVE / International Festival of Visual Arts, Hungary
    • International Film Festival for Documentary and Short Films, India
    • SODEPAU, Spain
    • Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain
    • Two Rivers Native Film and Video Festival, USA
    • Human Rights Watch Film Festival, USA
    • Margaret Mead Film Festival, USA
    • Native American Film & Video Festival, USA
    • American Indian Film and Video Competition
  • Awards
    • American Indian Film and Video Competition - Award Winner

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