Monday, April 14, 2025
6:00-8:30 PM
Off Campus Location
Join us for a screening of the OSCAR® nominated documentary SUGARCANE followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie.
About SUGARCANE
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.
About SUGARCANE
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.
| Building: | Off Campus Location |
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| Location: | Michigan Theater 603 E. Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104 |
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| Event Type: | Film Screening |
| Tags: | american culture, Anti-racism, Center For Racial Justice, Film, ford school of public policy, Free, history, In Person, Native American Studies, Racial Justice, social justice, Storytelling |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Center for Racial Justice, Native American Student Association, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Department of American Culture, Native American Studies |
