Sugarcane earned a leading five nominations as the IDA Documentary Awards announced its nominees today, followed closely by Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat with four.
Black Box Diaries, My Sweet Land, and Queendom earned three nominations apiece. Also earning multiple nominations were Agent of Happiness, No Other Land, and The Remarkable Life of Ibelin – each with two nominations.
Sugarcane’s nods came for Best Documentary Feature and Best Director, recognizing the work of Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, as well as nominations for cinematography, editing, and score.
The National Geographic Documentary Films documentary investigates the systematic abuse of Indigenous children who attended a so-called “Indian Residential School” in British Columbia.
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