CineNoche: Sugarcane
Wed, Mar 26 @ 7pm
CineNoche is a monthly Latine/x and Indigenous film series hosted by Cine Las Americas and Violet Crown Cinema in downtown Austin. Join us this month for Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane, the first film with a North American Indigenous director in the Oscars’ 97-year history.
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Sugarcane
A film by Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie
Canada, 2024
Documentary/Crime/Trauma, 1hr 47min
In English and SecwepemctsÃn with English subtitles
An official selection of the 26th annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in 2024.
Event Details
DATE: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
TIME: 7pm
LOCATION:
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701
Free parking (map + instructions)
COST: $15
Synopsis
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. After years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools was brought to light, sparking a national outcry against a system designed to destroy Indigenous communities. Set amidst a groundbreaking investigation, SUGARCANE illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.
The CineNoche film series is presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema. Violet Crown is committed to celebrating and preserving the magic of cinema. From new releases to timeless classics, they present films from across the entire cinematic spectrum to bring extraordinary films to the screen and to the community.
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.