Help us celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day!

The Town of Wolfville is sponsoring this screening so we can offer it with no admission charge. You can register for your free ticket in advance by clicking the link below.

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.

Yvette begins to explore and embrace her Cree identity when she befriends Maggie Wolf, a part Mi'kmaq girl who encourages Yvette to be proud of her ancestry. The cast also includes Star Slade, Tom Lim, Sera-Lys McArthur, Evan Lau, Billy Merasty and Demaris Moon Walker.

Run time: 1h 37m

Free Entry! PLEASE NOTE ADVANCE RESERVATIONS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE CLOSED. There is still room for lots of people to come in at the door.

Sponsored by the Town of Wolfville for National Indigenous Peoples Day.