PORT ANGELES — The prize-winning film “Beans” will be shown at Peninsula College in honor of International Women’s Day beginning Thursday.
“Beans” is the story of a young Mohawk girl who is torn between childhood and adolescence and forced to grow up during the Oka Crisis, an Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
In the standoff, the Mohawk community and its defenders came together to fight a golf course expansion onto their ancestral lands.
“‘Beans’ highlights how individuals and the community were affected by the crisis, including the film’s director Tracey Deer, whose story is told through the title character,” according to a press release.
The free film will be streamed at these dates and times:
• Thursday at 6 p.m.
• Friday at 2 p.m.
• Monday at 12:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 8, at 4 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 9, at 12:30 p.m.
On Thursday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m., Magic of Cinema will host a discussion of the film.
To learn how to access the film and participate in the March 10 discussion, go to https://pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/83237980469. The meeting ID is 832 3798 0469.
Audience members will be given a code to access and stream the film. To receive a code and directions, please attend one of the following Zoom events.
“Beans” is Deer’s inaugural feature film. She is the co-creator and director of the dramatic comedy “Mohawk Girls” and has worked on the Netflix/CBC series “Anne with an E.”
Deer also chairs the board of Women in View, a nonprofit that promotes greater diversity and gender parity in Canadian media.
“Beans,” which was screened at the Port Townsend Film Festival, is the winner of the best feature film from the Writers Guild of Canada and was nominated for several Canadian Screen awards, including Best Motion Picture, Best First Feature Film and Achievement in Cinematography.
It was brought to the college by Magic of Cinema, Studium Generale and House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse.
Funding was received from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information, contact Helen Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu or at 360-417-6362.
