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The Hottest Docs: As awards season heats up, Hot Docs brings you a selection of the most acclaimed and awarded documentaries of the year.

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WINNER — Sundance Film Festival’s US Documentary—Directing Award, the San Francisco International Film Festival’s Best Feature Documentary Award, and the National Board of Review’s Best Documentary Film Award.

Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie’s Oscar-nominated feature-length debut is a groundbreaking investigation into the history of a Canadian Indian residential school.

Shedding light on years of forced assimilation and separation of families at the hands of church and government, Sugarcane is an urgent and timely film that brings the hidden story of cultural genocide to audiences worldwide while celebrating the resilience of Indigenous peoples as they work to overcome the cycle of intergenerational trauma.

In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles.


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Credits

  • Director(s)

    • Julian Brave
    • NoiseCat
    • Emily Kassie

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