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Sugarcane

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

Director

Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat

Year

Genre

Box Office

$112,251

Production

Impact Partners,Fit Via Vi,Kassie Films,Hedgehog Films, Inc.

Awards

15 wins & 26 nominations

Homepage

https://www.documentary.org/project/sugarcane

Self - Chief, Williams Lake First Nation

Self - Investigator

Charlene Belleau

Self - Investigator & Archaeologist

Whitney Spearing

Self - Julian's Father

Ed Archie Noisecat

Self - Ed's Son

Julian Brave NoiseCat

Self - Julian's Grandmother

Self - Survivor, St. Joseph's Mission

Self - Survivor, St. Joseph's Mission

Self - Former Chief, Williams Lake First Nation

Self - Rick's Wife

Self - Survivor, St. Joseph's Mission

Self - Ed's Aunt

Self - Survivor, St. Joseph's Mission

Self - Prime Minister, Canada

Self - Bishop of Rome

Self - Superior General, The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Self - Witness

Self - Survivor, St. Joseph's Mission

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Across the country,
symbols of mourning and grief. - Sugarcane

Across the country, symbols of mourning and grief.

Thank you. - Sugarcane

Are you really? - Sugarcane

Are you really?

St. Joseph's Mission
Residential School shut down in 1981. - Sugarcane

St. Joseph's Mission Residential School shut down in 19...

The reaction to the community, - Sugarcane

The reaction to the community,

I mean,
my dad attended residential school, - Sugarcane

I mean, my dad attended residential school,

"The Indians,
being nomadic by nature, - Sugarcane

"The Indians, being nomadic by nature,

"It's not surprising, therefore,
that their children found - Sugarcane

"It's not surprising, therefore, that their childr...

"One of these, a young boy,
was found dead in the woods." - Sugarcane

"One of these, a young boy, was found dead in the woods...

"They were both drowned,
and only one body has been recovered. - Sugarcane

"They were both drowned, and only one body has been rec...

"Father Dunlop is very upset, - Sugarcane

"Father Dunlop is very upset,

They couldn't even get a coroner
to look into what happened here. - Sugarcane

They couldn't even get a coroner to look into what happ...

Like, "Why are they dying?" - Sugarcane

Like, "Why are they dying?"

Don't wake up Kyé7e. Kyé7e's sleeping. - Sugarcane

Don't wake up Kyé7e. Kyé7e's sleeping.

Don't wake up Kyé7e. - Sugarcane

Don't wake up Kyé7e.

In the name of the Father,
and of the Son, - Sugarcane

In the name of the Father, and of the Son,

Did you find any new details
up in Williams Lake - Sugarcane

Did you find any new details up in Williams Lake

{\an8} It's not something that you wanna
just open up and, you know, - Sugarcane

{\an8} It's not something that you wanna just open up a...

Our literal existence, - Sugarcane

Our literal existence,

Well, I think your mom would be
the only person who knows. - Sugarcane

Well, I think your mom would be the only person who knows.

It... it... it's kind of like,
it just keeps on damaging, just... - Sugarcane

It... it... it's kind of like, it just keeps on damagin...

I do think it's important
to have gone home in the moment - Sugarcane

I do think it's important to have gone home in the mome...

I've been dying to go up there,
but you know the shape of the roads now-- - Sugarcane

I've been dying to go up there, but you know the shape ...

During this honor song,
the family would like to acknowledge - Sugarcane

During this honor song, the family would like to acknowledge

It's Saturday night,
come on now! Let's get to dancing. - Sugarcane

It's Saturday night, come on now! Let's get to dan...

All right, Kamloopa! How do you like it? - Sugarcane

All right, Kamloopa! How do you like it?

Come on here! - Sugarcane

Now you can make some noise, Kamloopa! - Sugarcane

Now you can make some noise, Kamloopa!

♪ You and me, we took our chances
Trying to hide our secret romances ♪ - Sugarcane

♪ You and me, we took our chances Trying to hide our secret ...

♪ Good ol' fashioned Indian lovin'
No, I can't be your husband ♪ - Sugarcane

♪ Good ol' fashioned Indian lovin' No, I can'...

Adult Men's Traditional,
number 534, Peter White! - Sugarcane

Adult Men's Traditional, number 534, Peter White!

If you guys get a chance,
follow this guy... - Sugarcane

If you guys get a chance, follow this guy...

And your first-place winner, 529, - Sugarcane

And your first-place winner, 529,

...in Junior Adult Men's Traditional.
Make it forward, Julian. - Sugarcane

...in Junior Adult Men's Traditional. Make it forward, ...

All right, we're gonna get
into your Junior Adult Men's Chicken. - Sugarcane

All right, we're gonna get into your Junior Adult Men&#...

...in fourth place,
number 645, Lloyd Abraham! - Sugarcane

...in fourth place, number 645, Lloyd Abraham!

- Yeah. I know.
- Yeah. - Sugarcane

- Yeah. I know. - Yeah.

Like I say,
my pictures are... - Sugarcane

Like I say, my pictures are...

Oh, yeah, here it is. Right, here it is. - Sugarcane

Oh, yeah, here it is. Right, here it is.

- Let me see.
- Julian... - Sugarcane

- Let me see. - Julian...

This was one of the first times
my mom brought me up here without my dad. - Sugarcane

This was one of the first times my mom brought me up here wi...

I remember she was really nervous,
and I was really nervous too. - Sugarcane

I remember she was really nervous, and I was really nervous ...

- Píktse.
- Píktse? - Sugarcane

- Píktse. - Píktse?

- That's a cpíktse7etn.
- Cpíktse7etn? - Sugarcane

- That's a cpíktse7etn. - Cpíktse7etn?

Before we went
to residential school, everybody - Sugarcane

Before we went to residential school, everybody

Then we were taken
to the residential school to... - Sugarcane

Then we were taken to the residential school to...

They were trying to get that,
you know, out of us and... - Sugarcane

They were trying to get that, you know, out of us and...

Some of this stuff that I should have,
you know, talked about. - Sugarcane

Some of this stuff that I should have, you know, talked abou...

{\an8}Yeah, I've been trying to find out
what happened to some of the children - Sugarcane

{\an8}Yeah, I've been trying to find out what happened ...

Well, everything was so secretive. - Sugarcane

Well, everything was so secretive.

For me, it was years
before I even found out some of the... - Sugarcane

For me, it was years before I even found out some of the...

Do you know where my father was found? - Sugarcane

Do you know where my father was found?

Yeah, I heard
that the night watchman had found him. - Sugarcane

Yeah, I heard that the night watchman had found him.

So they were going to examine
all the girls in the area. - Sugarcane

So they were going to examine all the girls in the area.

And I was just so afraid. - Sugarcane

And I was just so afraid.

When you're brought up in an institution
like the Catholic Church... - Sugarcane

When you're brought up in an institution like the Catho...

You know, and here, - Sugarcane

You know, and here,

Okay, so, it's backfilled,
but have photo. - Sugarcane

Okay, so, it's backfilled, but have photo.

See that?
"Augustine Charlie, 1943." - Sugarcane

See that? "Augustine Charlie, 1943."

- "Patrick Paul, '59."
- "Melvin Alphonse, 1976." - Sugarcane

- "Patrick Paul, '59." - "Melvin Alphon...

That looks like "I don't care." - Sugarcane

That looks like "I don't care."

"Seventy-three days more...
till home time." - Sugarcane

"Seventy-three days more... till home time."

Do any of you remember the names - Sugarcane

Do any of you remember the names

I was abused by Father - Sugarcane

I was abused by Father

I told my grandmother.
She didn't want to hear me talk about it. - Sugarcane

I told my grandmother. She didn't want to hear me talk ...

I went to the nun.
She told me to tell the priest. - Sugarcane

I went to the nun. She told me to tell the priest.

I told the priest.
He told me to tell the Indian agent. - Sugarcane

I told the priest. He told me to tell the Indian agent.

I told the Indian agent.
He told me to tell the RCMP. - Sugarcane

I told the Indian agent. He told me to tell the RCMP.

I told the RCMP, he went and told my dad,
and my dad beat the shit out of me. - Sugarcane

I told the RCMP, he went and told my dad, and my dad beat th...

It's okay to cry. It's okay to cry. - Sugarcane

It's okay to cry. It's okay to cry.

Thinking about the residential schools, - Sugarcane

Thinking about the residential schools,

My name is Charlene.
Like the rest of you here, - Sugarcane

My name is Charlene. Like the rest of you here,

They can either work cooperatively
with us, - Sugarcane

They can either work cooperatively with us,

Do you know what? That's their numbers.
So, my number when I was here was 165. - Sugarcane

Do you know what? That's their numbers. So, my number w...

So, everybody was given a number,
so instead of calling you by their name, - Sugarcane

So, everybody was given a number, so instead of calling you ...

Great Grandfather,
creator of all good things, - Sugarcane

Great Grandfather, creator of all good things,

Julian, I ask you to open your eyes, - Sugarcane

Julian, I ask you to open your eyes,

In this barn...
...this is where they strung them up, - Sugarcane

In this barn... ...this is where they strung them up,

A time in history
where our people are going to stand up. - Sugarcane

A time in history where our people are going to stand up.

You're gonna make sure
that people are held accountable... - Sugarcane

You're gonna make sure that people are held accountable...

Churches across
the country have been targeted - Sugarcane

Churches across the country have been targeted

{\an8}I wanna put this
on the front floorboard, babe, - Sugarcane

{\an8}I wanna put this on the front floorboard, babe,

Remember I told you
about one of the punishments - Sugarcane

Remember I told you about one of the punishments

Yeah, it was made into a classroom. - Sugarcane

Yeah, it was made into a classroom.

And if we were caught talking in class... - Sugarcane

And if we were caught talking in class...

They had these things in there, - Sugarcane

They had these things in there,

Can you imagine a six, eight-year-old kid,
kneeling down on the floor, - Sugarcane

Can you imagine a six, eight-year-old kid, kneeling down on ...

Be mindful of the baby Jesus. - Sugarcane

Be mindful of the baby Jesus.

Yeah... [sniffles] ...still works. - Sugarcane

Yeah... [sniffles] ...still works.

We had to get everything out - Sugarcane

We had to get everything out

Sugarcane poster

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

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Director: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat

Writer: N/A

Production: Impact Partners,Fit Via Vi,Kassie Films,Hedgehog Films, Inc.

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: 90/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: $112,251

Released: 09 Dec 2024

Awards: 15 wins & 26 nominations

Homepage: https://www.documentary.org/project/sugarcane