Ohero:kon - Under the Husk (2017) – Short Movie Database

Ohero:kon - Under the Husk

2017

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Katsitsionni Fox

Crew

Katja Esson (Creative Producer)

Paul Rickard (Creative Producer)

Marie-Cécile Dietlin (Director of Photography)

Victoria Catherine Chan (Editor)

Shirley K. Sneve (Executive Producer)

Robby Baier (Original Music Composer)

Katsitsionni Fox (Producer)

Francis Gauthier (Sound Designer)