107 mins |
Rated
TBC
Sugarcane
Julian Brave Emily Kassie | 2024 | 107 min| USA, Canada
New Zealand Premiere
BOOK HERE - https://docedge.nz/films/sugarcane/
The past is present here.
A stunning tribute to the resilience of indigenous people and their way of life, this debut film from directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Set amidst a ground-breaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school, the film empowers participants to break cycles of intergenerational trauma by bearing witness to painful, long-ignored truths and the love that endures within their families despite genocide.
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Sugarcane
Julian Brave Emily Kassie | 2024 | 107 min| USA, Canada
New Zealand Premiere
BOOK HERE - https://docedge.nz/films/sugarcane/
The past is present here.
A stunning tribute to the resilience of indigenous people and their way of life, this debut film from directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Set amidst a ground-breaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school, the film empowers participants to break cycles of intergenerational trauma by bearing witness to painful, long-ignored truths and the love that endures within their families despite genocide.