Sugarcane

An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.

Cast

Julian Brave NoiseCat

as Self

Willie Sellars

as Self

Charlene Belleau

as Self

Ed Archie Noisecat

as Self

Chief Willie Sellars

as Self

Reviews

MatMountain

**Sugarcane is an amazing film** that speaks from the heart about atrocities committed against natives by the catholic church. It does a brilliant job of humanizing the victims, connecting us to their raw and painful emotions around their abuse, and exposing that to this day there is not real accoun...

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