SUGARCANE has been shortlisted for the IDA Award for Best Feature Documentary. Congratulations to the entire team!
“A gut-punch of a documentary…NoiseCat and Kassie offer an affecting portrait of a community that endures in spite of colonial genocide…SUGARCANE handles its heavy subject matter without despair.” – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“[A] stunning and brutal look at the lasting trauma of the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School…It’s a portrait of what remains when injustice occurs.” – INDIEWIRE
About the Film
Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Produced by Emily Kassie and Kellen QuinnAn investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
For more information on SUGARCANE, visit their page on Nat Geo’s website.