Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back available for purchase

Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back (US title: To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk Journey) is available for purchase in Canada through the NFB. US residents can purchase the film through VisionMaker. Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back is the personal story of Mohawk filmmaker Reaghan Tarbell from Kahnawake, Quebec as she explores her roots and traces the connections of her family to the once legendary Mohawk community through the stories of the women who lived there. The film aired on PBS stations across the US in November.

Finding Our Talk III is an exciting new series of 13 half hour documentaries about the state of aboriginal languages both within Canada and the broader indigenous world

Finding Our Talk 3 is now available on DVD>>
You can now purchase via PayPal

 

Tsitewá:ronk Nonkwawén:na (Mohawk version of Finding Our Talk 3) airs Thursdays at 3 pm on APTN. Parler pour Survivre 3 (French version of Finding Our Talk 3) now airing on APTN. Visit APTN for showtimes.

 

Finding our Talk III is produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, SODEC, the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles-Québec, the Rogers Cable Network Fund, Quebec and Canadian Film/Video Tax Credits, the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund, Starchoice Communications Inc., and in association with APTN and Maori Television.

      

        

 

And now, a little bit about us

Mushkeg Media Inc., established in 1999, is a production company specializing in films and videos about the Native experience, films which deal with contemporary issues facing Canada's First Nations, their environment, activities, traditions and their struggle for economic and political autonomy. The company is headed by Paul M. Rickard, independent Cree filmmaker, director and cameraman. Paul's partner is veteran producer and director George Hargrave. Paul and George have frequently worked together for over 15 years. Mushkeg Media was a natural extension of this long time collaboration. You can learn more about Mushkeg by clicking on about us.

Our name, Mushkeg, comes from the Cree word for “swamp”. The Cree people of western James Bay refer to themselves as Omushkegowuk or people of the swamp.

 

What's new at Mushkeg Media and our sister company Mushkeg Productions

Finding Our Talk 3: A Journey into Indigenous Languages

Series directors: Tracey Deer, Paul Rickard, Jeff Dorn, Josephine Bacon, Paul Chaput, Michelle Smith, Jeff Barnaby, Felix Atencio Gonzales and Reaghan Tarbell

Every fourteen days a language dies. By the year 2100 more than half of the world's languages will disappear. These are tough statistics, but it doesn't have to be that way. Indigenous people everywhere are fighting to beat the odds. It's a remarkable story. We’re discovering and sharing their successes by focusing on and celebrating the many individuals, communities and organizations that are reclaiming their language, and along with it, their culture, their stories and often, their very existence as a people.

The third season of Finding Our Talk 3 looks at innovative programs with an international perspective that includes episodes shot in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Latin and South America.

Finding Our Talk 3 is produced by Mushkeg Media Inc. in association with APTN, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. We are also working in conjunction with Maori TV for a Maori version of the series. Mushkeg Media is an aboriginal owned production company with a solid track record that provides comprehensive mentorship and training to Aboriginal filmmakers as part of the production process.