Beans screening with Tracey Deer
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On September 30, filmmaker Tracey Deer brings her acclaimed drama, Beans, to the Canadian Film Forum for a special presentation commemorating National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Award-winning filmmaker, Alexandra Lazarowich will moderate the discussion that follows at 7:35pm.
This event is free. In honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and this special presentation, we are encouraging guests to make a donation to the Innis Admission Scholarship for Indigenous Peoples fund.
Winner of the 2021 Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture and 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.