Unmarked graves, found at a British Columbia boarding school that Indigenous children were forced to attend, expose the school’s horrific abuses. The filmmakers investigate the 1959 trial of a student accused of abandoning her newborn, and the generational trauma the incident caused for members of the nearby Sugarcane Reserve. A landmark for its sensitive insistence on addressing the residential school system’s secrets, Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie's Sugarcane is a riveting and immeasurably important film.
The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Julian Brave NoiseCat, and director Emily Kassie.
This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:
Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by Angelika
All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.