Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn And Back
2008, Canada, 57 min, Beta SP, Ontario Premiere
Director: Reaghan Tarbell
Presented as part of:
Little Caughnawaga
Oct 16 2008, 3:00PM
Al Green Theatre
The long distance between New York City and the Kahnawake reserve outside Montreal is bridged by generations of Mohawks who call both places home. Reaghan Tarbell’s personal documentary explores the decades-long connection her family shares with a small neighbourhood in Brooklyn, once known as “Little Caughnawaga,” that was home to the first wave of ironworkers who helped build the Big Apple’s skyscrapers. Told by the accounts of the women who lived there, Tarbell reveals the untold story of a unique Mohawk community.
Currently living in Brooklyn, first-time documentary filmmaker Reaghan Tarbell (Mohawk) works for the Film and Video Centre of the National Museum of the American Indian.
