Rezolution Pictures announced Season 4 of the APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) hit dramedy series Mohawk Girls began filming last week, once again in Montreal and the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory in Quebec, where the show is set. This season comprises 8 x 30-minute episodes, to be filmed in two blocks of shooting this summer. The series continues to receive critical acclaim as well as interest from media across Canada, in both official languages. Mohawk Girls will air in the Fall of 2024.
Rezolution Pictures also announced that Spafax has licensed seven episodes of the show from Season 3, to be aired on the Comedy TV channel on Air Canada enRoute Inflight Entertainment on domestic and international flights beginning this month. Mohawk Girls has been picked up by US distributor GRB for worldwide sales representation and debuted in Australia on the SBS network on June 6.
The series was nominated for 4 Canadian Screen Awards this spring, including Best Comedy Series, Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series, Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Comedic Role (Brittany LeBorgne).
Mohawk Girls takes a comedic look at the lives of four modern-day women trying to stay true to their roots while navigating sex, work, love and what it means to be Mohawk in the 21st century. Set in Kahnawake, the half-hour dramedy follows these twenty-something women as they begin to forge their own identity within a community embedded with rules and cultural traditions.
The dynamic cast of four leading women includes returning cast members Jenny Pudavick (Bailey), Brittany LeBorgne (Zoe), Heather White (Caitlin), and Maika Harper (Anna). Meegwun Fairbrother (Butterhead), Kyle Nobess (Thunder), Jimmy Blais (Watio) and Shawn Youngchief (Ohserase), reprise their roles as the men they love. Also returning, Tantoo Cardinal as Zoe’s mom, Glen Gould as Bailey’s father and Jeffrey Wetsch as James. New this year is Dwain Murphy, who takes over the role of Leon.
Mohawk Girls is created and executive produced by Tracey Deer and Cynthia Knight; Tracey Deer directs the episodes and Cynthia Knight is the head writer. The series is produced by Rezolution Pictures’ Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon and Linda Ludwick, and executive produced by Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick and Ernest Webb. Innovate By Day is the Digital Media Producer. Monika Ille is the Executive Director, Programming and Scheduling for APTN.
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