Sugarcane Documentary – Saskatoon
March 13, 2025
4:30pm - 9:00pm
Saskatoon Regional Office (604- 333 3rd Avenue North, Saskatoon)
Sugarcane Viewing & Discussion:
Doors open: 4:30 pm, Showing: 5:00-7:00pm, Debrief: 7:00-9:00pm
The Regional Indigenous Peoples Circle would like to invite you to a viewing and discussion of Sugarcane. A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. After years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools was brought to light, sparking a national outcry against a system designed to destroy Indigenous communities. Set amidst a groundbreaking investigation, SUGARCANE illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.