Sugarcane (film)

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Sugarcane
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Produced by
  • Emily Kassie
  • Kellen Quinn
Cinematography
  • Christopher LaMarca
  • Emily Kassie
Edited by
  • Nathan Punwar
  • Maya Daisy Hawke
Music by Mali Obomsawin
Production
companies
Distributed by National 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$121,581 [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.

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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 was 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. It received critical acclaim and won the award for Best Documentary at the National Board of Review. [5] At the 97th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Film award.

Premise

Sugarcane follows an investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system, igniting a reckoning in the lives of survivors and descendants. [6] [7]

Production

The film received grants from Catapult Film Fund and the International Documentary Association Enterprise Fund. [8] [9] [10] Lily Gladstone boarded the project as an executive producer. [11]

Release

It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024. [12] It also played at the 2024 San Francisco International Film Festival, 2024 Seattle International Film Festival, [13] the 2024 Sheffield International Documentary Festival, [14] the 2024 Sydney Film Festival, [15] the 2024 DOXA Documentary Film Festival, [16] the 2024 Nantucket Film Festival, [17] the 2024 Boston Independent Film Festival, [18] the 2024 Sarasota Film Festival, [19] the 2024 Maryland Film Festival, [20] the 2024 Cleveland International Film Festival, [21] and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. [22]

In February 2024, National Geographic Documentary Films acquired distribution rights to the film. [23] It was later announced that the film would be 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. [24] [25]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 100% of 65 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.9/10.The website's consensus reads: "Accumulating immense emotional power as it methodically uncovers a grave injustice, Sugarcane is one of the most compelling and important documentaries of the year." [26] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 90 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [27]

Accolades

AwardDateCategoryRecipientResultRef.
Sundance Film Festival January 28, 2024 Grand Jury Prize U.S. DocumentarySugarcaneNominated [28]
U.S. Documentary – Directing Award Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Won
Sarasota Film Festival April 14, 2024Best Documentary FeatureSugarcaneWon [29]
San Francisco International Film Festival April 28, 2024Best Documentary FeatureWon [30]
Seattle International Film Festival May 19, 2024Best Feature FilmNominated [31]
Grand Jury Prize – Special MentionWon
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards November 10, 2024 Best Documentary Feature Nominated [32]
Best True Crime DocumentaryWon
Best Political DocumentaryWon
Best Historical DocumentaryNominated
Best Director Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Nominated
Best New Documentary Filmmaker(s) Nominated
Best CinematographyChristopher LaMarca & Emily Kassie Nominated
Best EditingNathan Punwar & Maya Daisy HawkeNominated
Gotham Awards December 2, 2024 Best Documentary Feature Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Kellen QuinnNominated [33]
National Board of Review December 4, 2024 Best Documentary Film SugarcaneWon [34]
International Documentary Association Awards December 5, 2024Best Feature DocumentaryJulian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Kellen QuinnNominated [35]
Best DirectorJulian Brave NoiseCat, Emily KassieNominated
Best CinematographyChristopher LaMarca, Emily KassieNominated
Best EditingNathan Punwar, Maya Daisy HawkeNominated
Best Original Music ScoreMali ObomsawinNominated
San Diego Film Critics Society December 9, 2024 Best Documentary FilmSugarcaneNominated [36]
Chicago Film Critics Association December 12, 2024 Best Documentary Film Nominated [37]
St. Louis Film Critics Association December 15, 2024 Best Documentary Feature Nominated [38]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle December 15, 2024 Best Documentary Feature Won [39]
Seattle Film Critics Society December 16, 2024 Best Documentary Film Nominated [40]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 18, 2024 Best Documentary Film Won [41]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 7, 2025Best Documentary FilmNominated [42]
Cinema Eye Honors January 9, 2024 Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn, Christopher LaMarca, Nathan Punwar, Maya Daisy Hawke, Mali Obomsawin, Martin Czembor, Andrea Bella, Michael Feuser and Ed Archie NoisecatNominated [43]
Outstanding DirectionJulian Brave NoiseCat and Emily KassieNominated
Outstanding ProductionEmily Kassie and Kellen QuinnNominated
Outstanding CinematographyEmily Kassie and Christopher LaMarcaWon
Outstanding Original Score Mali Obomsawin Nominated
Audience Choice PrizeSugarcaneNominated
Satellite Awards January 26, 2025 Best Motion Picture – Documentary Nominated [44]
Directors Guild of America Awards February 8, 2025 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily KassieNominated [45] [46]
Independent Spirit Awards February 22, 2025 Truer Than Fiction AwardJulian Brave NoiseCat and Emily KassieNominated [47]
Academy Awards March 2, 2025 Best Documentary Feature Film SugarcanePending [48]

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