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First Trailer and Poster for Coming-Of-Age Drama BEANS

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First look at director Tracey Deer's coming-of-age tale.

Directed by Tracey Deer (Mohawk Girls), Beans stars Anne with an E's Kiawentiio as the titular "Beans", a young Mohawk girl who finds herself at a crossroads as her parents debate whether or not to send her to high school. Caught up in a standoff between her people and those who wish to build a golf course on their burial ground, Beans sets off down a dark path of revenge.

Violah Beauvais, Joel Montgrand, Rainbow Dickerson and Paulina Alexis also star.

Beans is in US cinemas and on VOD from November 5th. A UK/ROI release has yet to be announced.

Check out the trailer and poster below.




The official synopsis reads:

BEANS is the coming-of-age story of a Mohawk girl named Tekehentahkhwa, who more often goes by her quirky nickname, Beans (Kiawentiio). She’s a loving big sister to her constant sidekick, Ruby (Violah Beauvais), as they play in the woods and carefully avoid the rough and tough kids of their neighborhood on the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawà:ke, Quebec. Her father, Kania’tariio (Joel Montgrand), rides her hard because he worries her sensitivity is a dangerous weakness. But her mother, Lily (Rainbow Dickerson), has great aspirations for her and is an even bigger force to be reckoned with. They don’t agree on whether she should leave the reserve for high school, and Beans isn’t brave enough to speak up for what she wants.

This debate is pushed to the side when a peaceful protest at a neighboring reserve turns into an armed stand-off to protect a burial ground from being desecrated for a golf course expansion. Beans’ community quickly joins the battle in what becomes known as the Oka Crisis. Overnight, her community is cut off from the outside world. Beans seeks out the toughest girl she knows, April (Paulina Alexis), to transform into the brave Mohawk warrior that she needs to be to survive. She gains acceptance with the cool clique, but that doesn’t prepare her for the racism and violence she confronts as the conflict escalates. Unable to cope, she descends into a dark, rage-filled existence focused on revenge. It's not until her reckless actions put everyone, she cares about into peril that she wakes up to what's really important in her fragile world.

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