Sugarcane is a 2024 documentary film, directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie and produced by Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn. It follows an investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system, igniting a reckoning in the lives of survivors and descendants.
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| Music by | Mali Obomsawin |
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| Distributed by | National Geographic Documentary Films (Worldwide) Variance Films (United States) Films We Like (Canada) |
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Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
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It had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024 where it won the Grand Jury award for Directing.[2] It is scheduled to be theatrically released in limited engagements in the United States and Canada on August 9, 2024, before gradually expanding to other cities starting August 16, by National Geographic Documentary Films through Variance Films in the United States and Films We Like in Canada.
Premise
editIt follows an investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system, igniting a reckoning in the lives of survivors and descendants.[3][4]
Production
editThe film received grants from Catapult Film Fund and the International Documentary Association Enterprise Fund.[5][6][7]
Release
editIt had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024.[8] In February 2024, National Geographic Documentary Films acquired distribution rights to the film.[9]A release plan would later be announced for the documentary that would see it screened in exclusive engagements at the Film Forum in Manhattan and TIFF Lightbox in Toronto starting August 9, 2024, followed by the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles starting August 16; an expansion to other cities in the United States and Canada will gradually take place starting August 16. Variance Films and Films We Like serve as co-distributors in the United States and Canada respectively.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sugarcane". Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces Award Winners - sundance.org". 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Sugarcane". Impact Partners. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "Williams Lake First Nation-Focused film 'Sugarcane' to premiere at Sundance Film Festival". Nation Talk. December 11, 2023. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "Sugarcane". Catapult Film Fund. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "2022 Enterprise Documentary Fund Production Grantees". International Documentary Association. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "Sugarcane". International Documentary Association. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony; Patten, Dominic (December 6, 2023). "Sundance Unveils Packed 2024 Lineup That Includes A.I., Pedro Pascal, Kristen Stewart, Satan, Devo & Steven Yeun". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ White, Peter (February 21, 2024). "Nat Geo Buys 'Sugarcane' Documentary Out Of Sundance". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
- ^ "Film Forum July-September 2024" (PDF). Film Forum. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ Carey, Matthew (10 July 2024). "Watch Trailer For 'Sugarcane,' Harrowing Documentary Investigating Sexual Abuse And Disappearances At Indigenous "Residential Schools"". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
