''Village Keeper'' is a Canadian drama film directed by Karen Chapman, and released in 2024. The film stars

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as Jean, a

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widow living in the

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community of

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, where she tries to protect her children Tamika (

Zahra Bentham Zahra Bentham is a Canadian actress. She is most noted for her performance as Tamika in the 2024 film '' Village Keeper'', for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Drama Film at the 13th Canadi ...

) and Tristin ( Micah Mensah-Jatoe) from neighbourhood violence.Victoria Ahearn
"Karen Chapman embarks on feature directorial debut"
'' Playback'', June 26, 2023. The cast also includes Maxine Simpson as Jean's mother, as well as Oyin Oladejo, d'bi.young anitafrika, Ethan Burnett, Shiloh O'Reilly, Noah Zulfikar, Ricardo Betancourt, L.A. Sweeney, Mark Sparks, Gordon Fulton, Zara McLean, Jael Obasi and Mekeylah Minott in supporting roles. Chapman's feature directorial debut, it entered production in summer 2023, in Toronto. The film premiered in the Discovery program at the

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.Kim Izzo
"Two Canadian features added to TIFF Discovery progamme"
'' Playback'', August 13, 2024.

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* 2024 films 2024 drama films 2024 directorial debut films Canadian drama films 2020s English-language films Films shot in Toronto Films set in Toronto Black Canadian films English-language Canadian films 2020s Canadian films Best First Feature Genie and Canadian Screen Award–winning films {{2020s-Canada-film-stub