Members-Only 2025 Academy Awards®-Nominated Screening Series—Sugarcane and conversation with Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat

LACMA members are invited to join FILM at LACMA for a special screening of Sugarcane, followed by a conversation with directors Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat.

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.

Sugarcane received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

Watch the official trailer.

You will receive a link to view the film on the event date.

This screening is hosted by Slipstream, a LACMA-approved third-party screening platform. If you have not previously registered with Slipstream, you will be asked to provide a valid email address and set a password to create an account.