Sugarcane

2024

1 hr. 51 min.

Documentary

History

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An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.

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Julian Brave NoiseCat

Director

Emily Kassie

Director

Emily Kassie

Producer

Kellen Quinn

Producer

William G. Way

Executive Producer

Elliott Whitton

Executive Producer

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Dwight Brown

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This is documentary filmmaking at its best. A credit to the genre. Compelling, spiritual and enlightening.

Rated: 4/4

Feb 8, 2024

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Valerie Complex

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This powerful documentary operates from a place of pure and total empathy.

Jan 31, 2024

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Joe Leydon

Variety

Co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie deliver a quietly devastating account of unpunished crimes committed by representatives of the Catholic Church.

Jan 31, 2024

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Dennis Schwartz

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A powerful and searing historical documentary.

Rated: A

Apr 9, 2024

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

The documentary’s critical yet empathetic tone gives justice to these painful, shocking stories about a horrifying legacy of Indigenous abuse.

Mar 6, 2024

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

"The hope emerges in the film's own ability to engage, politely disagreeing with those who believe the past should be left be but having to spend little time there itself when it can see it so actively shaping the present."

Feb 12, 2024

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Synopsis

An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.

Director: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie
Executive Producer: William G. Way, Elliott Whitton, Tegan Acton, Janalee Cherneski, Douglas Choi, David J. Cornfield, Linda A. Cornfield, Ian Desai, Meadow Fund, Grace Lay, Adam Lewis, Melony Lewis, Sumalee Montano, Sabrina Merage Naim, Emma Pompetti, Robina Riccitiello
Genre: Documentary, History
Original Language: English