In this stunning, stigma-breaking reclamation of Indigenous culture, a girl and her community prepare for her Ihuk, the once-dormant coming-of-age ceremony of the Karuk tribes of Northern California.

Long Line of Ladies offers a glimpse at a Karuk girl’s coming-of-age ceremony, as seen through a distinctly female gaze. This gorgeously cinematic docu-fiction hybrid from Oscar-winning Iranian director Rayka Zehtabchi and Diné filmmaker Shaandiin Tome takes us inside a community that celebrates and uplifts its young women so they feel seen and respected, while pushing back against the erosion of culture at the hands of colonisation.