Sugarcane Movie

Free tickets are available through Tickets Please (https://lanarkcountyneighbours.ticketsplease.ca) which assists us with monitoring the number of attendees.

Cash donations will be accepted to cover costs of renting and showing Sugarcane. Any money raised beyond these expenses will go toward the work of the Lanark Community Neighbours for Truth and Reconciliation.

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.