Mohawk Girls is a feature-length documentary about three teenage-girls growing up in the Kahnawake Mohawk community, outside of Montreal. Shot over the span of two years, Mohawk filmmaker, Tracey Deer, takes viewers into the lives of these girls and offers a surprising inside look at Native youth culture in the 21st century.

Format: 48 minutes – English, Mohawk and French
Director: Tracey Deer
Executive Producers: Catherine Bainbridge and Ernest Webb
Producers: Joanne Robertson, Christina Fon and Linda Ludwick
Producer for the NFB: Adam Symansky
Broadcasters: APTN, CBC The Lens, and Tele-Québec

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Awards

ImagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival 2005

WINNER Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award