UNDER THE HUSK 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 Oher\u00f3:kon, or \u201cunder the husk.\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
Filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox has served as a mentor, or \u201cauntie,\u201d to many youth going through the passage rites. In UNDER THE HUSK, Fox shares two girls\u2019 journey through adolescence, as they rise to the tasks of Oher\u00f3:kon, learning traditional practices such as basket making and survival skills as well as contemporary teachings about sexual health and drug and alcohol prevention.<\/p>\n
UNDER THE HUSK is a personal story of a traditional practice challenging young girls spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically, shaping the women they become.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10054,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"languages":[2094,1312],"countries":[1443],"film_categories":[1215,1197,1217],"master_copies":[],"pricing_grid":[],"press_types":[],"class_list":["post-10050","film","type-film","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","languages-anglais","languages-mohawk-fr","countries-united-states-fr","film_categories-autochtone-fr","film_categories-femmes-fr","film_categories-jeunesse-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n