NatGeo’s ‘Sugarcane’ Reveals Catholic School Horrors Against Canada’s First Nation Population
At the Sundance 2024 world premiere of “Sugarcane” at The Library in Park City, the crowd jumped to their feet for a standing ovation; rookie director Julian Brave NoiseCat and Canadian filmmaker Emily Kassie thanked the participants on hand from British Columbia’s Williams Lake First Nation.
NoiseCat’s father, Ed Archie NoiseCat, became part of the story. And he was there at Sundance, along with tireless investigator Charlene Belleau, who was tracking evidence, uncovered in 2021, of unmarked graves on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. The filmmakers embedded themselves in the community to try and break the pattern of silence around the forced separation, assimilation, and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools. What they uncovered was shocking.
The film won the Sundance U.S. Directing Award for Documentary, and later collected more awards at a string of festivals. And...
NoiseCat’s father, Ed Archie NoiseCat, became part of the story. And he was there at Sundance, along with tireless investigator Charlene Belleau, who was tracking evidence, uncovered in 2021, of unmarked graves on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. The filmmakers embedded themselves in the community to try and break the pattern of silence around the forced separation, assimilation, and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools. What they uncovered was shocking.
The film won the Sundance U.S. Directing Award for Documentary, and later collected more awards at a string of festivals. And...
- 8/9/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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