Beans (2020)
Beans
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Selected for the 2020 Toronto Film Festival, 'Beans' initially appears to be like any other "coming of age" movie -- or, in good old Portuguese, films about maturity. After all, the protagonist Beans (Kiawentiio) is a young teenager beginning to glimpse a new future for herself. However, filmmaker Tracey Deer brings new layers to this somewhat banal story when she puts this girl into something bigger: a real conflict between Mohawk natives and Quebec police. From there, what seemed like a banal coming-of-age film gains contours that speak of racism, intolerance, and coming of age in a society that doesn't accept you and your peers -- something that, in due proportion, recalls 'The Hate You Give'. In short, it's a movie that bets on a beaten structure to talk about something that, even decades after the event, continues to resonate in society and makes it necessary to reflect and discuss.
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Based on true events, Tracey Deer's debut feature chronicles the 78-day standoff between two Mohawk communities and government forces in 1990 in Quebec.
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