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SCREENED: JUNE 16, 2022 IN A DRIVE-IN PRESENTATION BEHIND THE WHITBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING. THIS FEATURE PRESENTATION FOLLOWED THE SHORT FILM ‘THIS INK RUNS DEEP.’
LOCATION: 575 ROSSLAND RD E., WHITBY
About the film:
Inspired by true events, BEANS is about a Mohawk girl on the cusp of adolescence who must grow up fast and become her own kind of warrior during the armed stand-off known as the 1990 Oka Crisis.
Director’s bio:
Born and raised in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, Tracey Deer is an award-winning Indigenous director, producer, writer, mentor, speaker, and leader. A graduate of Dartmouth College’s Film Studies program, Tracey began her career in documentary. She teamed up with Rezolution on feature documentaries ‘One More River: The Deal that Split the Cree,’ ‘Mohawk Girls,’ and ‘Club Native,’ as well as the documentary series ‘Working it Out Together,’ seasons I & II. This collaboration continued into fiction television with the critically acclaimed dramedy ‘Mohawk Girls,’ which ran for five seasons. Tracey’s debut feature ‘Beans’ screened at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to critical acclaim. She was also honored with the prestigious TIFF Emerging Talent Award and chosen as one of Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch. ‘Beans’ earned 2nd Runner Up for the TIFF People's Choice Award and went on to win Best Canadian Film and Most Popular Canadian Narrative (Audience Choice) at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).
director’s chat
Tracey Deer and director of ‘This Ink Runs Deep’ Asia Youngman have a candid and unscripted conversation about the theme of indigenous identity and belonging that is so prevalent in their films, how they deal with self-care in a demanding industry and what they ultimately hope to achieve with their work.
