Beans (2020)

Beans (2020)

From Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr by Brenna Clarke Gray and Joe Lipsett

March 17, 2026 · 24 min · Season 7 · Episode 46

About this episode

Brenna and Joe discuss the Indigenous Canadian film 'Beans' and its historical context related to the Oka Crisis.

Brenna and Joe check out Tracey Deer's Indigenous Canadian film, Beans (2020), which we've both been eager to check out for years. Pre-teen actor Kiawentiio gives an incredible performance as the title character in a film that mixes coming of age elements with historical re-enactments of the 1990 Oka Crisis, when settler colonialists tried to take over Indigenous land to build a golf course and a 78 day stand-off followed. It's a solid film, though we're more invested in the historical details than some of the traumatic elements that unexpectedly develop in the last act. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod: > Brenna: @brennacgray > Joe: @bstolemyremote (Instagram) or @joelipsett (BlueSky) Have a mail bag question? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com   Theme music: Letra “Like A Bird”   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Brenna, Joe

Topics covered

  • Indigenous cinema
  • coming of age
  • Oka Crisis
  • historical re-enactments

Keywords

  • Tracey Deer
  • Kiawentiio
  • film review
  • trauma

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Beans, HKHSPod, Like A Bird”

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