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Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Junior Category
Beans (2020)
Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence, he is 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.
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Year | 2020 |
| Duration | 92 min |
| Rating | 14 |
| Language | English |
| Subtitle | Czech |
| Directed by | Tracey Deer |
| Screenplay | Meredith Vuchnich |
| Director of Photography | Marie Davignon |
| Music | Mario Sévigny |
| Edited by | Sophie Farkas Bolla |
| Contact | WaZabi Films |
Biography
A Canadian screenwriter and director of Mohawk descent. She made a name for herself with the dramatic-comedy TV series Mohawk Girls (2010–2017), for which she won many awards. She's also made documentaries about the Mohawk community and culture.
Drama, Human Rights, Politics, Violence, Freedom, Courage, Family, Friendship, Growing Up, Positive Choices, True Story, Tradition, Indigenious