International Film Festival of Ottawa

Beans (with Caribou in the Archive)

Expired March 13, 2021 8:00 AM
Already unlocked? for access
This short and feature film are each eligible for the IFFO Public Prize! Unlock to add your vote.
Protected ContentThis content can only be viewed in authorized regions: Canada.

Beans (Feature Film): 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.


Caribou in the Archive (Short Film): In this experimental film, the difference between homemade video and official historical record is made obvious, and yet at the same time, their boundaries are reduced.


About the Pairing:

Caribou in the Archive precedes Beans, a film about the Oka Crisis, as an important reminder that “history” and media representation, generally accepted as objective fact, is a select version of events often compiled by omission and bias.


- Keltie Duncan

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.


Content warning: language, brief violence

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    92 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Director
    Tracey Deer
  • Screenwriter
    Tracey Deer, Meredith Vuchnich
  • Producer
    Anne-Marie Gélinas
  • Executive Producer
    Meredith Vuchnich, Justine Whyte
  • Co-Producer
    Ken Proulx
  • Cast
    Kiawentiio, Violah Beauvais, Rainbow Dickerson
  • Cinematographer
    Marie Davignon
  • Editor
    Sophie Farkas Bolla
  • Production Design
    André Chamberland
  • Sound Design
    Paul Lucien Col
  • Music
    Mario Sévigny, Jayli Wolf