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A young Mohawk girl navigates racism and intolerance during a 78-day standoff with government forces.
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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.
"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."