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Sugarcane

Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie
2024
USA, Canada
107 minutes
Unclassified 15+
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A gripping investigation into the Canadian Indigenous residential school system, igniting a reckoning in the lives of survivors and descendants. Winner of Sundance’s Directing Award for US Documentary 2024.

When unmarked graves are discovered near the grounds of a former residential school for Indigenous children near British Columbia’s Sugarcane Reserve, the Williams Lake First Nation community launches an investigation to expose this devastating history. For the remaining survivors, the torture and abuse that took place at St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School continues to reverberate in psychologically and emotionally devastating ways. This haunting documentary follows the community’s search to uncover the truth and demand accountability from the highest levels of the Catholic Church.

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Sugarcane is the product of humane and insightful filmmakers who are determined to never let anyone forget, and put their moral outrage to exemplary good use
Joe Leydon, Variety
A powerful reckoning with Indigenous Canadian history
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter

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Thu 6 Jun
6pm
Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Sun 16 Jun
3:50pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Program Strand
International Documentaries
Year
2024
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Country
USA, Canada
Language
In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles
Director
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie
Producer
Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn
Cinematographer
Emily Kassie, Christopher LaMarca
Editor
Nathan Punwar
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
First Nations, Documentary, Politics & Economics, Women Directors, Human Rights
Company Credits
Sales Agent: Dogwoof Sales
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