Sugarcane
First screened in March 2025

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Directors: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie. Documentary about the legacies of rampant abuse and infanticide in mostly Catholic-operated Indian boarding schools in Canada.

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Photo © 2024 National Geographic Documentary Films

In Brief: Sometimes messy structure conjures the hardship of pinning down or prosecuting a grueling subject. Sometimes, just messy.

VOR: ③  Topically, a valuable record of past abuses and present progress/stasis in addressing them. In form and structure, far from any vanguard.

Grade: B

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Academy Award Nominations:
	Best Documentary Feature
Other Awards:
	Sundance Film Festival: Best Director (U.S. Documentary)
	National Board of Review: Best Documentary

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