'Mohawk Girls' creator Tracey Deer moves into mainstream television
Filmmaker one of twelve women in film being honoured at TIFF.
Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer is known for creating the comedy Mohawk Girls on APTN. But before she got into mainstream television, she was a documentary filmmaker for 12 years.
Mohawk Girls has brought Tracey a new level of success across Canada. Next month, she is being recognized as one of 12 remarkable women in film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Tracey is now working on her first feature film about a 12-year-old girl coming of age during the 1990s Oka crisis in Quebec. This latest work is based on Tracey's own life.
She shares the story of how she fell in love with film through making documentaries.