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My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)

January. 01,1995
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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.

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Brightlyme
1995/01/01

i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

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Rio Hayward
1995/01/02

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Neive Bellamy
1995/01/03

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

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Patience Watson
1995/01/04

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

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