Café Daughter
| 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 |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Café Daughter is a 2023 Canadian drama film, directed by Shelley Niro. 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.
The cast also includes Star Slade, Tom Lim, Sera-Lys McArthur, Evan Lau, Billy Merasty and Demaris Moon Walker.