Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 30 min
Average vote: 8
Collection: Oka series
Release date: 1995-01-01
Director: Alanis Obomsawin
Writer: Alanis Obomsawin
Homepage: http://www.nfb.ca/film/m...
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.