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Sugarcane

2024 · 107 min

A somber, urgent documentary that immerses you in a community's painful reckoning, demanding emotional attention throughout.

Directed by: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Willie Sellars, Charlene Belleau

Overview: An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.

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Directed by: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Willie Sellars, Charlene Belleau

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
grief
justice
identity
family
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	10
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
Written by: Emily Kassie
Starring: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Willie Sellars, Charlene Belleau, Ed Archie NoiseCat
Music: Mali Obomsawin
Cinematography: Christopher LaMarca, Emily Kassie
Runtime: 107 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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