Citation :
« [Beans] is the first fictional film directed by the documentarian Tracey Deer, and she brings a good eye for which characters might make a compelling story. Deer emphasizes the styles of the period—the high ponytails and neon windbreakers opposite police uniforms. But her heroes aren't fighters; they are the children and mothers who must navigate empty grocery shelves and taunting mobs. In choosing her protagonists as she has, Deer has made a canny portrait of Mohawk domestic life during a modern conflict. The difference between this and other homefront movies is that usually war is depicted as happening far away. Here, Beans has to make sense of a fight where her home is the battlefield, too. »
-- Teo Bugbee

Source :
BUGBEE, Teo. « 'Beans' review: Growing up fast in the '90s », critique de Beans, New York Times, 4 novembre 2021. [en anglais]