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Summary
Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Drop-in friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+8)
Critics 83Audiences 75GoodWatch 77
Tomatometer91%
Metascore74
Audience score79%
User score7.8
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 32 min
Shorter than most dramas, −17 min on the typical 109
typical 10992Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 16 more
Released
2021
March 30, 2021
5 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
- Canada
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 40
KiawentiioBeans / Tekahentahkhwa
Rainbow DickersonLily
Violah BeauvaisRuby
Paulina AlexisApril
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-TaiHank
Joel MontgrandKania'tariio
Taio GélinasCoyote
Brittany LeBorgneKarahkwenhawi- KBKelly BeaudoinHazel
Jay Cardinal VilleneuveGary- DFDawn FordMrs. Arsenault
- ILIda Labillois-MontourDorothy
- CGCaroline GelinasVictoria
Angie ReidAunt Mimi- ALAdam LeBlancPolice Officer #1
Frank MarrsPolice Officer #2
Alex BispingPolice Officer #3
Jérémie EarpPolice Officer #4
Karl FarahPolice Officer #5- JDJonathan David BédardPolice Officer #6
Sébastien BeaulacPolice Officer #7
Sara-Sue ValléeCeline- RMRoberto MaiAdam
- JMJames MilvainHotel Manager
Directing · 14
- Tracey Deer Director, Screenplay
- Michael Yarmush Third Assistant Director
- Harris Ellison Third Assistant Director
- Pierre Plante First Assistant Director
- Ayesha Sheikh Second Assistant Director
- Latifah Naouri Third Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Meredith Vuchnich Screenplay, Executive Producer
- Christina Lazaridi Story Editor
- Karen Walton Story Editor
Production · 24
- Justine Whyte Executive Producer
- Anne-Marie Gélinas Producer
- Marie-Louise Gariépy Assistant Production Manager
- Maxime Giroux Casting Director
- Rachel Tremblay Saint-Yves Post Production Coordinator
- Rene Haynes Casting Director
Camera · 26
- Marie Davignon Director of Photography
- Marc-André Yonkers-Vidal Digital Imaging Technician
- Olivia Nikolayenko Second Assistant Camera
- Chantal Yary Assistant Camera
- Sébastien Raymond Still Photographer
- Simon Vincent Best Boy Grip
Editing · 7
- Sophie Farkas Bolla Editor
- Julien Alix Colorist
- Stéphanie Vaillancourt Color Assistant
- Annaël Beauchemin Online Editor
- Max Chalifoux Additional Editing
- Marie-Pier Sicard Assistant Editor
Sound · 12
- Mario Sévigny Original Music Composer
- Sylvain Bellemare Sound Designer, ADR Supervisor
- Olivier Léger Sound
- Claire Pochon ADR Editor, Dialogue Editor
- Yann Cleary Production Sound Mixer
- Paul Col Sound Effects Editor, Foley Editor
Art · 12
- André Chamberland Production Design
- Félix Poirier Set Decoration
- Marie-Ève Crépeau Assistant Set Decoration
- Tristan Dubois Assistant Art Director
- Sandrine Rousseau Property Master
- Jean-Philippe Marcotte Storyboard Artist
Costume & Make-Up · 27
- Eric Poirier Costume Design
- Pamela Warden Key Hair Stylist
- Marie Trevennec Wardrobe Assistant
- Jennifer Anderson Costume Coordinator
- Kaitlyn Craibe First Assistant Hairstylist
- Karine Thibault Dresser
Visual Effects · 6
- Simon Beaupré Visual Effects Supervisor
- Marie-Claude Lafontaine Visual Effects Producer
- Jean-Mathieu Bérubé Special Effects Supervisor
- Mélissa Massé Visual Effects Coordinator
- Carlo Harrietha Special Effects Supervisor
- Loic Laurelut Compositing Supervisor
Lighting · 8
- Denis Lamothe Gaffer
- Jean François Lépine Electrician
- Stéphane Boutet Electrician
- Tim Lonn Electrician
- Derek Vuong Electrician
- André Caron Electrician
Other crew · 16
- David McKeown Stunt Coordinator
- Pierre Thériault Post Production Supervisor
- Andrew Campbell Weapons Master
- Jean-Claude Leblanc Special Effects Technician
- Claude Reimnitz Generator Operator
- Daniel Gauthier Driver
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