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My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

| 29 min

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.


Credits
  • director
    Alanis Obomsawin
  • producer
    Alanis Obomsawin
  • script
    Alanis Obomsawin
  • executive producer
    Don Haig
  • camera
    Jean-Claude Labrecque
    André-Luc Dupont
    Susan Trow
    Roger Rochat
    Zoe Dirse
    Sylvain Julienne
    Alanis Obomsawin
  • animation camera
    Raymond Dumas
    Pierre Landry
    Jacques Avoine
    Lynda Pelley
  • sound
    Raymond Marcoux
    Ismaël Cordeiro
    Hans Oomes
    Alanis Obomsawin
  • editing
    Ruby-Marie Dennis
  • sound editing
    Don Ayer
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • music
    Claude Vendette
    Francis Grandmont

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