AWARD WINNER: William W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers Award; Co-presented with the National Museum of the American Indian Includes a pre-recorded Q&amp;A with filmmaker Tracey Deer, moderated by Cynthia Benitez (Film Programmer, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian) About the Award: Established for the 2015 Festival in memory of William Warner by the Warner/Kaempfer family, the Warner Award recognizes a film that reflects a spirit of reverence for the natural world.

Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and delinquent adolescence; forced to grow up fast to become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, which tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/d28b9630d3b9d335da90246fc83b2b0a.png" width="351" style="display: block; margin: auto;">

Beans

Twelve-year-old Beans is forced to grow up fast during an Indigenous uprising which tore Quebec apart during the summer of 1990.

Tracey Deer (Director, Beans) has been honored with two Gemini Awards and numerous awards from multiple film festivals, including Hot Docs. She has worked with the CBC, the National Film Board, and numerous independent production companies throughout Canada in both documentary and fiction. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/deer-tracey/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Cynthia Benitez is the program manager at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). She curates and runs NMAI's annual Native Cinema Showcase, hosts film and conversation series and curates international film showcases. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/benitez-cynthia/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>.

Beans: Filmmaker Q&A

Featuring filmmaker Tracey Deer & Cynthia Benitez (NMAI)

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