Village Keeper (2024)
September 7, 2024Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Oluniké Adeliyi
Beverly-Jean
Maxine Simpson
Grandma
Zahra Bentham
Tamika
Micah Mensah-Jatoe
Tristin
Oyin Oladejo
Bola
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Dr. Anitafrika
Ethan Burnett
Javion
Shiloh O’Reilly
Shane
Noah Zulfikar
MK
Ricardo Betancourt
Terrence
L.A. Sweeney
Younger Brenda
Mark Sparks
Germaine
Gordon Fulton
Elderly Man
Jael Obasi
Young Jean
Mekeylah Minott
Mekeylah
Zara McLean
Young Tamika
Karen Chapman
Director / Producer / Writer
June Charles
Production Design
Jordan Oram
Director of Photography
Jordan Hayles
Editor
Dalton Tennant
Original Music Composer
Jon Comerford
CastingDirector
Enrique Miguel Baniqued
Producer
Charlene Akuamoah
Costume Designer
Christopher Minns
Editor
Xi Feng
Editor
Media.
Details.
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Village Keeper is a Canadian drama film directed by Karen Chapman, and released in 2024. The film stars Oluniké Adeliyi as Jean, a Black Canadian widow living in the Lawrence Heights community of Toronto, where she tries to protect her children Tamika (Zahra Bentham) and Tristin (Micah Mensah-Jatoe) from neighbourhood violence.
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 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.