Monkey Beach

Monkey Beach (2020)

Five hundred miles north of Vancouver is Kitamaat, an Indian reservation in the homeland of the Haisla people. Growing up a tough, wild tomboy, swimming, fighting, and fishing in a remote village where the land slips into the green ocean on the edge of the world, Lisamarie has always been different. Visited by ghosts and shapeshifters, tormented by premonitions, she can't escape the sense that something terrible is waiting for her. She recounts her enchanted yet scarred life as she journeys in her speedboat up the frigid waters of the Douglas Channel. She is searching for her brother, dead by drowning, and in her own way running as fast as she can toward danger. Circling her brother's tragic death are the remarkable characters that make up her family: Lisamarie's parents, struggling to join their Haisla heritage with Western ways; Uncle Mick, a Native rights activist and devoted Elvis fan; and the headstrong Ma-ma-oo (Haisla for "grandmother"), a guardian of tradition.

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  • Release Date: 2020-10-03
  • Runtime: 1h 45min
  • Director: Loretta Todd

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Cast

  • Grace Dove

    Lisa Hill

  • Adam Beach

    Uncle Mick

  • Nathaniel Arcand

    Albert Hill

  • Stefany Mathias

    Gladys Hill

  • Glen Gould

    Josh

  • Joel Oulette

    Jimmy Hill

  • Tina Marie Lameman

    Ma-ma-oo

  • Sera-Lys McArthur

    Tabitha

  • Ta'kaiya Blaney

    Karaoke

  • Sam Bob

    Little Red Haired Man

  • Nick Dangeli

    Frank

  • Oliver Tru Sison

    Child Jimmy

  • Miika Bryce Whiskeyjack

    Teen Lisa

  • Zoey Snow

    Young Lisa

  • Leenah Robinson

    Amber

  • Erica Davis

    Aunt Edith

  • Dana Hill

    Elder 1

  • Mike Dangeli

    B'Gwus

  • Holly Spencer

    Rose

  • Colin Waddel

    Vice Principal

  • Caliana Robinson

    Child Lisa

  • Aggie Wells

    Elder 2

  • Tiyanee Stevens

    Jade

  • Clarisa Spencer

    Aunt Trudy

  • Corbin Basso

    Young Frank