Café Daughter

{{short description|2023 Canadian drama film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Café Daughter

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Shelley Niro

| producer = Floyd Kane
Amos Adetuyi

| writer = Shelley Niro
Kenneth T. Williams

| based_on = Café Daughter by Kenneth T. Williams

| starring = Violah Beauvais
Star Slade
Sera-Lys McArthur
Billy Merasty

| music = ElizaBeth Hill

| cinematography =

| editing =

| studio = Freddie Films
Circle Blue Entertainment

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|2023|6|17}}

| runtime = 97 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Café Daughter is a 2023 Canadian drama film, directed by Shelley Niro.Kelly Townsend, [https://playbackonline.ca/2022/05/06/production-wraps-on-shelley-niros-cafe-daughter/ "Production wraps on Shelley Niro’s Café Daughter"]. Playback, May 6, 2022. 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.Eden Suh, [https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/film-cafe-daughter-shooting-wraps-up-in-sudbury-5396092 "Film: Café Daughter shooting wraps up in Sudbury"]. Sudbury.com, May 22, 2022.

The cast also includes Star Slade, Tom Lim, Sera-Lys McArthur, Evan Lau, Billy Merasty and Demaris Moon Walker.

The film was shot in Sudbury, Ontario, in 2022.