Je m’appelle Kahentiiosta

Je m'appelle Kahentiiosta
Canada
1996
Documentary
29 min.

Director | Alanis Obomsawin
Script | Alanis Obomsawin
Director of photography | Alanis Obomsawin, Jean-Claude Labrecque, André-Luc Dupont, Susan Trow, Roger Rochat, Zoe Dirse
Editing | Ruby-Marie Dennis
Animators | Sylvain Julienne, Raymond Dumas, Pierre Landry, Jacques Avoine, Lynda Pelley
Sound designer | Raymond Marcoux, Ismaël Cordeiro, Hans Oomes, Alanis Obomsawin
Composers | Claude Vendette, Francis Grandmont
Produsers | Alanis Obomsawin, Don Haig

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.