Village Keeper (2024)
September 7, 2024Release Date
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.
Wiki.
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.
Chapman received a nomination for the DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film.