“Your story is someone who was abandoned, but also who abandoned.” Dogwoof in the UK has debuted the official UK trailer for an acclaimed documentary film known as Sugarcane, from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. It won a major doc award for Best Director there, celebrating the film’s two filmmakers Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, both making their first feature. From National Geographic, the acclaimed doc film follows a shocking investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system, focusing on abuse and many missing children, igniting a reckoning in the lives of survivors & descendants on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve (in British Columbia, Canada). A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, Sugarcane is an invigorating cinematic portrait of a small community during a moment of international reckoning. It received rave reviews at Sundance as one of the best doc discoveries of this year’s festival. Opening in the UK this September after originally debuting in the US first this month (here’s the US trailer). Looks like a must watch for anyone into documentaries and stories of reflection – take a look below. // Continue Reading ›
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