Café Daughter
Café Daughter is a Canadian drama film, directed by Shelley Niro and released in 2023.[1] Adapted from Kenneth T. Williams's stage play of the same name, which was itself a fictionalized account of the life of Canadian physician and senator Lillian Dyck, the film stars Violah Beauvais as Yvette Wong, a young girl of mixed Cree and Chinese Canadian ancestry growing up in Saskatchewan in the 1960s, who faces challenges after the death of her mother but remains focused on her goal of attending medical school to become a doctor.[2]
| Café Daughter | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shelley Niro |
| Written by | Shelley Niro Kenneth T. Williams |
| Based on | Café Daughter by Kenneth T. Williams |
| Produced by | Floyd Kane Amos Adetuyi |
| Starring | Violah Beauvais Star Slade Sera-Lys McArthur Billy Merasty |
| Music by | ElizaBeth Hill |
Production companies | Freddie Films Circle Blue Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The cast also includes Star Slade, Tom Lim, Sera-Lys McArthur, Evan Lau, Billy Merasty and Demaris Moon Walker.
The film was shot in Sudbury, Ontario, in 2022.[2]
The film premiered on June 17, 2023, at a retrospective of Niro's work staged at the National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center in New York City.[3] It had its Canadian premiere in the Cinema Indigenized lineup at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.[4]
References
- Kelly Townsend, "Production wraps on Shelley Niro’s Café Daughter". Playback, May 6, 2022.
- Eden Suh, "Film: Café Daughter shooting wraps up in Sudbury". Sudbury.com, May 22, 2022.
- Lisa Austin, "First Major Retrospective of Mohawk Artist Shelley Niro’s Work To Go on View at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York". Smithsonian Institution, May 22, 2023.
- Clement Goh, "Cinéfest Sudbury marks 35 years with focus on comedy and vampires". CBC Northern Ontario, August 23, 2023.