Presented By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)
Sugarcane Screening and Discussion
Join us for a screening of the OSCAR® nominated documentary SUGARCANE followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie.
SUGARCANE follows an investigation into the abuse and missing children at St. Joseph’s Mission near Williams Lake, British Columbia, a Catholic-run Indigenous boarding school that operated until 1981. SUGARCANE illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.
About the speakers
Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, Oscar® nominated filmmaker and student of Salish art and history.
Emily Kassie is an Oscar® nominated filmmaker and investigative journalist.
SUGARCANE follows an investigation into the abuse and missing children at St. Joseph’s Mission near Williams Lake, British Columbia, a Catholic-run Indigenous boarding school that operated until 1981. SUGARCANE illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.
About the speakers
Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, Oscar® nominated filmmaker and student of Salish art and history.
Emily Kassie is an Oscar® nominated filmmaker and investigative journalist.
