EXCLUSIVE: Sugarcane, the Oscar-contending documentary about the horrifying legacy of Indian Residential Schools in North America, will make its debut on National Geographic on Monday, December 9, followed the next day by a streaming launch on Disney+ and Hulu.
The film directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie has earned over a dozen awards at festivals including Sundance, where it won the Directing Award for U.S.
Documentary. On Monday, it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Gotham Awards, and last week the film earned a leading 8 nominations for the Critics Choice Documentary Awards.
It has been named to both the DOC NYC and the IDA shortlists of the year’s best documentary features. The soundtrack to Sugarcane, by Indigenous composer Mali Obomsawin (Odanak First Nation), will be released by Hollywood Records on Dec.
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