Ohero:kon - Under the Husk
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.
similar movies
Elie Wiesel Goes Home
1997
genre:Documentary
History
Al Franken: God Spoke
2006
genre:Documentary
Comedy
Making 'The Shining'
1980
genre:Documentary
Control Room
2004
genre:Documentary
War
Double Dare
2004
genre:Documentary
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.
2014
genre:Documentary
The Story of the Weeping Camel
2003
genre:Documentary
Drama
Jesus Camp
2006
genre:Documentary
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017
genre:Music
Documentary
Winnie
2017
genre:Documentary
Step
2017
genre:Documentary
Trophy
2017
genre:Documentary
Unrest
2017
genre:Documentary
Whose Streets?
2017
genre:Documentary
500 Years
2017
genre:Documentary
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
2017
genre:Documentary
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
2017
genre:Documentary
Motherland
2017
genre:Documentary
From the Depths
2013
genre:Documentary
Drama
The Man Who Made Angels Fly
2013
genre:Documentary