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Tracey Deer. 2005 1 h 2 min. Shot over two years, Mohawk Girls provides a surprising inside look at modern Indigenous youth culture. Deeply emotional yet unsentimental, it reveals the hope, despair, heartache and promise of growing up Indigenous at the beginning of the 21st century.
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Mohawk Girls is a 2005 documentary film by Tracey Deer about the experiences of adolescent girls growing up on the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake, across the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal, Quebec. Deer, who was born and raised in Kahnawake, focuses on three young women: Felicia, Amy, and Lauren, a mixed race teen.
Mohawk Girls: Created by Tracey Deer, Cynthia Knight. With Brittany LeBorgne, Heather White, Maika Harper, Jenny Pudavick. A half-hour comedy-drama about four young women discovering how to be Mohawk in the 21st century.
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Mohawk Girls is a comedy-drama series developed by Tracey Deer based on her 2005 documentary Mohawk Girls. The program premiered on OMNI Television and on APTN in the fall of 2014 and entered its fourth season in 2016. It is available for streaming on CBC Gem and it was picked up by Peacock streaming service in 2021.
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Director: Tracey Deer. Year: 2005. Genre: Documentary. Type: Feature. Link: https://vimeo.com/792706853. Mohawk Girls Shot over two years, Mohawk Girls provides a surprising inside look at modern Indigenous youth culture. Deeply emotional yet unsentimental, it reveals...
Synopsis. For three teenage girls growing up in Kahnawake — and indeed, all teenagers on the reserve — life can be quite confusing. If they want to move away to pursue new experiences — perhaps in nearby Montreal — they risk losing credibility, or worse yet, their rights as Mohawk women.
