Sugarcane (2024)

Directed by

Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Indigenous survivors and descendants investigate the abuse and trauma tied to Canada's residential school system. The documentary follows personal stories as people seek truth and justice.

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What happens

Sugarcane is a 2024 documentary film, directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie and produced by Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn. It follows an investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system, igniting a reckoning in the lives of survivors and descendants. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024 where it won the Grand Jury award for Directing. It was theatrically released in limited engagements in the United States and Canada on August 9, 2024, before gradually expanding to other cities starting August 16, by National Geographic Documentary Films through Variance Films in the United States and Films We Like in Canada. It received critical acclaim and won the award for Best Documentary at the National Board of Review. At the 97th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Film award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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