{"id":40802222208,"date":"2026-02-03T12:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-history-and-anthropology\/?page_id=40802222208"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:34:48","slug":"sugarcane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-history-and-anthropology\/native-american-boarding-school-symposium\/registration__trashed\/sugarcane\/","title":{"rendered":"“Sugarcane”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026<\/strong>
4:30\u20136:30 p.m.
Guggenheim Memorial Library Room 101<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rated R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, “Sugarcane”, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. After years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools was brought to light, sparking a national outcry against a system designed to destroy Indigenous communities. Set amidst a groundbreaking investigation, “Sugarcane” illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Critical Acclaim<\/h2>\n\n\n
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“[The film’s] sensitivity to the ongoing pain of its subjects is one of the film\u2019s principal achievements. NoiseCat and Kassie offer an affecting portrait of a community that endures in spite of colonial genocide.”<\/p>\n\u2014The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“‘Sugarcane’ is soul-shaking. It\u2019s profoundly evocative, with spoken memories and moments of inability to muster the words gut-punching with equal measure.”<\/p>\n\u2014RogerEbert.com<\/a><\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“‘Sugarcane’ is immersive and incredibly beautiful, shot like poetry and scored by Mali Obomsawin. The result is both stunning and sobering.”<\/p>\n\u2014The New York Times<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

Awards and Recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n