Sugarcane: Tuesday, April 22

Admission $5
Showing at 7:30pm

Documentary,  1 hour 47 minutes, Rated R)
Directors: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat

Sugarcane is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. After years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools was brought to light, sparking a national outcry against a system designed to destroy Indigenous communities. Set amidst a groundbreaking investigation, Sugarcane illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.

“For one, it’s immersive and incredibly beautiful, shot like poetry and scored by Mali Obomsawin. The result is both stunning and sobering.” – New York Times

“It defies more traditional documentary techniques. There are conversations rather than interviews. There is reporting, but no hard findings. It never flinches from horror, but it also knows how to find wonder.” – San Francisco Examiner