[Indigsol] Screening of "Mohawk Girls" film - Carleton, March 28th

[Ben Powless]

Friday March 28th
7:00pm
3174 Mackenzie Building

Feel Free to spread the word to potentially interested people.

"Mohawk Girls"

Directed by Tracey Deer
Women Make Movies

"Mohawk Girls" is a beautifully written and directed documentary film by
Tracey Deer. Released in 2006, Deer parallels the lives of three teenage
girls living on a reservation just outside of Montreal, Canada to her own
experiences while struggling to grow up in a world that fails to reach out
to those not living within the main steam culture. Tracey Deer says: "I
wanted to know what girls today are dealing with, and how they managed to
get through it."

Each girl poignantly discusses the difficulties of living within the
Kahnawake community, and overcoming obstacles set before them by a society
that has preconceived ideas about women, reservation life and native people.
Felicia, Lauren and Amy speak to the audience in a very direct and open
manner with surprising clarity. The young women all offer stunning honesty
on topics such as discrimination oftentimes coming from within their own
community, drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, cultural differences and
their hope for the future.

from: http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2007/07/mohawk-girls.html

-refreshments will follow the viewing of the documentary!

-- 
"In life we meet extraordinary people who follow us wherever we may go" -
Trisha Nagpal
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