Reaghan Tarbell (1)
Reaghan Tarbell
« En racontant l’histoire de ma famille et de ma communauté, j’ai vécu la période la plus difficile et la plus valorisante de ma vie », affirme Reaghan Tarbell, cinéaste kanien’kéhaka (mohawk) de Kahnawake, au Québec. Le petit Caughnawaga,son film sur les Mohawks ayant participé à la construction des gratte-ciel de New York et sur les femmes qui ont assuré l’épanouissement de leur communauté à Brooklyn, a reçu un accueil enthousiaste. Elle a collaboré avec Mushkeg Media, de Montréal, notamment à Parler pour survivre, une série sur les langues autochtones, et avec le National Museum of the American Indian.
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Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and BackReaghan Tarbell 2008 56 minMohawk high steel workers have a special place in North American history. The iconic New York skyline - with its great monuments to modernity - is the fruit of their labour.
While the men were scraping the skies, the women had their feet firmly on the ground - sustaining a vibrant Mohawk community in the heart of Brooklyn.
Little Caughnawaga evokes the neighbourhood's heyday - from the 1920s through to the 60s - and salutes the spirited women who kept the culture alive.
The Brooklyn Mohawks were mostly from Kahnawake, a community long associated with the dangerous world of high steel. In 1907 the small town lost 33 men in the Quebec Bridge disaster, an event that still looms large in collective memory.
Moving back and forth between Brooklyn and Kahnawake, director Reaghan Tarbell crafts an affectionate portrait of Little Caughnawaga ad a heartfelt tribute to the cultural resilience of her people.
