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Jul 27, 2021 · Mohawk director Tracey Deer’s new film Beans tells the story of a 12-year-old girl growing up during the Oka Crisis. In an interview with CBC News, Deer recalls her own experiences as a young...
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Jul 21, 2021 · The Oka Crisis is the backdrop in Indigenous coming of age film Beans, directed by Kahnawake filmmaker Tracey Deer and starring Kiawentiio.
Jun 25, 2021 · Her multiple facets converge in her debut feature, Beans, in Quebec theatres July 2. The film is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story about a young Indigenous girl growing up in the...
Nov 5, 2021 · November 5, 2021 @ 2:50 PM. Navigating childhood to adolescence is universally a challenge. “Beans,” the feature directorial debut of award-winning documentarian Tracey Deer (“Anne with an E,”...
The film follows the 1990 Oka Crisis from the perspective of the main character, Beans (played by actress Kiawentiio), as two Mohawk communities — Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawá:ke — were thrust into a resistance battle against the Sûreté du Québec, the RCMP, and the Canadian Armed Forces.
2021. Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
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Aug 25, 2021 · Canadian film “Beans” explores story of Oka Crisis through child’s eyes. Based on true events, Tracey Deer’s debut feature “Beans” explores the 78-day standoff between Mohawk land defenders and government forces in 1990 in Quebec, which Deer lived through as a child.
