Mohawk Girls (TV series)
| Mohawk Girls | |
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Tracey Deer |
| Written by | Cynthia Knight, Tracey Deer |
| Directed by | Tracey Deer |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Release | |
| Original release | November 23, 2014—present |
Mohawk Girls is a scripted comedy-drama series developed by Tracey Deer based on her 2005 documentary Mohawk Girls. The program premiered on OMNI Television and on APTN in the fall of 2014 and entered its fourth season in 2016.
Deer describes the series as a "Sex and the City for the Native set".
At age 17, Tracey Deer had met Brittany LeBorgne and Heather White while working as their camp counsellor and told them that one day she would create a TV show for them to star in. In 2005 she created a documentary film Mohawk Girls, which in 2010 she developed into an outline for the television series, and created a pilot.
In 2012 the show was greenlit for development.Kaniehtiio Horn, who played Bailey in the pilot, was replaced by Jennifer Pudavick when the filming of the first seven episodes began in Montreal, under Deer's direction. On February 18, 2014, well before the first season had premiered, six more episodes were approved.
Mowhawk Girls premiered on OMNI Television on November 23, 2014 and on APTN on November 25, 2014. The two seasons aired as a continuous run of 13 episodes beginning in 2014. In May 2015, APTN announced that the series was being renewed for a third season. It was renewed again for a fourth season in August 2016.
The show follows three best friends in their late twenties living in Kahnawake: Bailey, Caitlin and Zoe. The women are joined by newcomer Anna, who is of mixed Mohawk descent.
The series begins with Bailey moving into her aunt's house after her uncle runs off with a younger woman. Bailey is in a serious relationship with Thunder, but after she introduces him to her father she learns that they are actually cousins. Bailey begins the search for a new boyfriend but finds the Mohawk men she meets dull.
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