Ohero:kon - Under the Husk
“Two Mohawk girls on a challenging journey to becoming women.”
6.0
2017
26m
Documentary
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.
Key Crew
Director
Katsitsionni Fox
Producers
Katsitsionni Fox
Cinematography
Marie-Cécile Dietlin
Music
Robby Baier
Keywords
mohawkontario, canadawoman directorrite of passagenative canadianindigenous women
