BEANS FILM PREMIERE: KINGSTON CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Friday, February 26 at 7:00 pm
Livestream Q+A starts at 8:40 pm
Director: Tracey Deer
Featuring: Kiawentiio, Rainbow Dickerson, Violah Beauvais, Paulina Jewel Alexis
Language: English
Runtime: 92 minutes
Rating: most audiences; racialized violence, implied sexual violence
The prize winner for Best Canadian Feature at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the year’s most widely celebrated debut feature, BEANS sets a poignant coming-of-age story against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous episodes in recent Canadian history. Partially inspired by director Tracey Deer’s experience growing up on the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory in Quebec, the film centres on a bright girl with the nickname of Beans (Kiawentiio). She’s just beginning to navigate the treacherous waters of adolescence when the tensions in the community around her erupt into a wider crisis in the summer of 1990. Unflinching in its portrayal of the hatred and racism sparked by the standoff between Mohawk communities and government forces at Oka, BEANS shows the impact of these events in ways that viewers won’t ever forget.
Engage for Change Kingston has worked with the Kingston Canadian Film Festival to support the following four films at this year's digital festival:
-Beans
-Call me human / Je m'applle humaine
-Spirit Bear & Children Make History
-Restless
Use Promo code KCFF2021#E4C to get a 50% discount on tickets to these four films.*
*On first 100 tickets purchased
