In ‘Sugarcane’, “The Ghosts Come Home To Tell The Story” Of Indigenous Kids Abused At Indian Residential School – Contenders Film: The Nominees
deadline.comThe systematic abuse of Indigenous children at Indian Residential Schools barely received attention in North America despite going on for generations.
That has finally changed in the past year in large part through the profound impact of Sugarcane, the Oscar-nominated documentary directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. “These were institutions that were actually founded in the U.S.
with the idea to ‘kill the Indian and save the man,’ in the words of one of their original architects,” NoiseCat explained during an appearance with Kassie at Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees. “For over 150 years, about six generations, native children were forcibly separated from their families and sent to these schools to be assimilated into white and Christian society.
The Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission has described this as a cultural genocide. It’s one of the most significant, foundational chapters in North American history.
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