Tracey Deer’s heartbreaking, fact-based film follows Beans, a young girl living on a reservation near Oka, Quebec, who had just been accepted into a prestigious school in Montreal. Her dream is interrupted when First Nations protesters battle developers who intend to destroy sacred native grounds for a golf course in a moment seen around the world. Beans’ innocence is lost when she witnesses racist police, military and citizens who come to disrupt the protest. What She Said’ Anne Brodie spoke with gifted 15-year old Kiawentiio (pronounced Gia-won-dio) who plays Beans, and writer-director Deer, who was Beans.