The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.
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.
Tracey Deer
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 is a visual storyteller who wants to have a positive impact on the world. Learn more.
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Tracey Deer, le traumatisme devenu catharsis
À l’été 1990, au Québec et au Canada, un sujet dominait à la radio, dans les journaux et à la télévision : la crise d’Oka. Déclenché par la volonté de la Ville et d’un promoteur d’agrandir un terrain de golf en empiétant sur la pinède, lieu funéraire sacré, ce conflit constitue une page d’histoire honteuse à maints égards. Récit initiatique à saveur autobiographique campé durant cette période trouble, Beans, de la cinéaste mohawk Tracey Deer, permet de mesurer à quel point.