Sugarcane (film)

Sugarcane
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Produced by
Cinematography
Edited by
  • Nathan Punwar
  • Maya Daisy Hawke
Music byMali Obomsawin
Production
companies
Distributed byNational Geographic Documentary Films (Worldwide)
Variance Films (United States)
Films We Like (Canada)
Release dates
  • January 20, 2024 (2024-01-20) (Sundance)
  • August 9, 2024 (2024-08-09) (United States and Canada)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United States
  • Canada
Languages
  • English
  • Secwepemctsín[1]
Box office$117,444[2][3]

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.

It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024 where it won the Grand Jury award for Directing.[4] It is 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.

  1. ^ a b "Sugarcane". Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Sugarcane". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved October 18, 2024.Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Sugarcane". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces Award Winners - sundance.org". 26 January 2024.