Release Date: 2017-11-04
Overview: This documentary follows two Mohawk girls on their journey to become Mohawk women. Friends since childhood, Kaienkwinehtha and Kasennakohe are members of the traditional community of Akwesasne on the U.S./Canada border. Together, they undertake a four-year rite of passage for adolescents, called Oheró:kon, or "under the husk." The ceremony had been nearly extinct, a casualty of colonialism and intergenerational trauma; revived in the past decade by two traditional leaders, it has since flourished. Filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox has served as a mentor, or "auntie," to many youth going through the passage rites.
Rating: 6 / 10
Katsitsionni Fox - Director
Katja Esson - Creative Producer
Victoria Catherine Chan - Editor
Paul Rickard - Creative Producer
Shirley K. Sneve - Executive Producer
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