Directed by:
Loretta ToddCinematography:
Stirling BancroftComposer:
Jesse ZubotCast:
Adam Beach, Nathaniel Arcand, Grace Dove, Sera-Lys McArthur, Glen Gould, Joel Oulette, Stefany MathiasPlots(1)
Waking up in her East Vancouver apartment, Lisa (Grace Dove) is served notice by her cousin’s ghost (Sera-Lys McArthur), "Your family needs you." Reunited with her Haisla kin in Kitimaat Village, she realizes that she’s meant to save her brother, Jimmy, (Joel Oulette) from a tragic fate she’s foreseen since childhood. Of course, there’s also the matter of contending with the mystical creatures lurking in the nearby woods. And so begins a captivating allegory about learning to coexist with both the ghosts that haunt us and spirits who might enlighten us. A film about reconnection with the land, its denizens and the secrets it holds, Monkey Beach is also a testament to Indigenous women’s ability to not just endure trials but emerge from them empowered. (Crave)
(more)Cast
![Adam Beach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270484_2511e1.jpg)
Adam Beach
Canada
Best movies:
Lost in the Barrens (1990) (TV movie)
Hostiles (2017)
Smoke Signals (1998)
![Nathaniel Arcand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/749/161749258_e58517.jpg)
Nathaniel Arcand
Canada
Best movies:
Into the West (2005) (series)
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
The Doe Boy (2001)
Grace Dove
Canada
Best movies:
The Revenant (2015)
The Cut (2014)
How It Ends (2018)
Sera-Lys McArthur
Best movies:
The Lost Angel (2005)
Glen Gould
Canada
Best movies:
Traffic (2004) (series)
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)
Cold Pursuit (2019)
Stefany Mathias
Canada
Best movies:
Prey (2022)
Pathfinder (2007)