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.
Video from
Beans
Directed by:
Tracey Deer
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🎥 Dir by @traceydeer
co-written by @MereVuchnich
This coming of age drama explores the Oka Crisis, a 78-day long land dispute between Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec.
Monday, Oct 11, 12:30pm@NorthParkTheatr#BIFF21
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