'Sugarcane' exposes truths about Indigenous schools in Canada. It's already made Oscars history
- The documentary Sugarcane highlights systemic abuses in Canadian residential schools, revealing a pattern of infanticide and poor treatment of Indigenous children, as discovered by filmmakers Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie.
- Since its debut, Sugarcane has sparked a grassroots movement for accountability regarding residential schools and has been screened at significant venues, including the White House and Canadian Parliament.
- President Joe Biden formally apologized for the government-run boarding school system and acknowledged its role in forcibly separating Indigenous families.
- NoiseCat became the first Indigenous North American filmmaker to receive an Oscar nomination and expressed hope that Sugarcane will prompt further investigations into residential schools.
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Oscar-nominated documentary exposes horrifying truths about Indigenous residential schools in Canada
The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada in 2021 was just the catalyst for “Sugarcane." Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, the filmmakers
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The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada in 2021 was just the catalyst for “Sugarcane.” Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, the filmmakers behind the Oscar-nominated documentary, spent years investigating the truth behind just one of the institutions. “Sugarcane,” now streaming on Hulu, paints a horrifying picture of the systemic abuses inflicted by the state-funded school and exposes for the fir…
Oscar-nominated documentary exposes horrifying truths about Indigenous residential schools in Canada - The Turtle Island News
By Lindsey Bahr The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada in 2021 was just the catalyst for “Sugarcane.” Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, the filmmakers behind the Oscar-nominated documentary, spent years investigating the truth behind just one of the institutions. “Sugarcane,” now streaming on Hulu, paints a horrifying picture of the systemic abuses inflicted by the state-funded school and exp…
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