TOgether Through Art

Downtown Movies in the Park presented by Toronto Downtown West BIA in partnership with TIFF

Beans

Tracey Deer

Canada | 2020 | 92m

An insightful and emotional coming-of-age story, Beans recounts the 1990 Oka Crisis through the eyes of a Mohawk girl. Twelve-year-old Tekahentakwa, nicknamed Beans, is navigating the already complex period of early adolescence when the violent land dispute unfolds.

Content advisory: violence, racism, implied sexual assault, scenes of self-harm, coarse language

Free screening series presented by TDW BIA in partnership with TIFF. The series will feature six audience favourites that originally premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.