Loretta S. Todd’s Monkey Beach, starring Grace Dove (The Revenant) and Adam Beach (Windtalkers), will have its Canadian streaming premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 6th, 2021, as part of Crave’s exciting 2021 lineup.
Directed by Loretta S. Todd and based on the novel of the same name by Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach follows a young Indigenous woman who returns to her hometown to face the harrowing visions that have haunted her throughout her life and to claim her ancestral medicine. Monkey Beach is set in the magnificent forests and waterways of the Pacific Northwest and the Haisla village of Kitamaat and features an all-star cast of Indigenous talent including Grace Dove (The Revenant), Adam Beach (Windtalkers), Nathanial Arcand (FBI: Most Wanted), Joel Oulette (Trickster), Glen Gould (Cold Pursuit), Sera-Lys McArthur (Outlander), Stefany Mathias (Pathfinder), Tina Lameman (Mixed Blessings), Miika Bryce Whiskeyjack (Red Snow), Ta’Kaiya Blaney (Kayak to Klemtu) and Nick Dangeli.
Monkey Beach was the opening night film at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Industry Selects, and was an official selection of the 2020 imagine NATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. MONKEY BEACH has garnered awards at international festivals including Red Nation in Los Angeles and the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. The critically acclaimed homegrown feature film was also picked up by Cineplex and Landmark theatres across the country and was the #1 Canadian film at the box office for 4 weeks.
For further information please visit
https://www.monkeybeachmovie.com/
Photography by Richard Hubbs / Nick Dangeli
About Author
