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Summary An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
Directed By: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
- Disney+
- 1 h 47 m
- Disney+
- 1 h 47 m
Sugarcane
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Summary An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
Directed By: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
92
100% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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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. Still, you’re left with the forlorn suspicion that their best efforts to find justice for the living and the dead, however commendable, are part of a campaign that might be endless.
This is far more than just a film.
Sugarcane doesn’t force conclusions that aren’t there. Instead, it lets the empty parts of the saga linger so the ghosts of what transpired feel present. It means, ultimately, that ‘Sugarcane’ is something more meaningful than a mere history lesson. It’s a portrait of what remains when injustice occurs.
This is no superficial recounting of yet another injustice against native people.
Sugarcane’s sensitivity to the ongoing pain of its subjects is one of the film’s principal achievements. NoiseCat and Kassie offer an affecting portrait of a community that endures in spite of colonial genocide.
As the survivors of these schools grow older and pass on, this film should remind future generations on whose hands the blood rests. More must be done, but it’s a start.
The documentary gives faces, names and histories to those affected by the residential schools—and looks, bracingly, towards a future where healing is possible.
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Production Company
Fit Via Vi Film Productions,
Hedgehog Films,
Impact Partners,
Kassie Films
Duration 1 h 47 m
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Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sarasota Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
