Beans

Screening

Beans

Tracey Deer (Dir), 92 minutes, Canada, WNY Premiere

BIFF 2021 Best Narrative Feature Award Winner

Decolonial Spotlight

This coming of age drama explores the 1990 Kanesatake Resistance / Oka Crisis, which Deer lived through as a child, through the eyes of Tekehentahkhwa (nicknamed "Beans", and played by Kiawenti:io), a young Mohawk girl whose perspective on life is radically changed by these events.

Recommended for viewers of 13+ in age.