• Director(s)

    Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    20/09/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    107m

  • Cast

    Charlene Belleau, Ed Archie Noisecat

Film

Sugarcane

child sexual and physical abuse theme, distressing scenes, strong language

Stories of the abuse and deaths of Indigenous Canadian children in an historical schools programme, and a determined search for accountability by its survivors, are told in this harrowing and moving documentary. …

Stories of the abuse and deaths of Indigenous Canadian children in an historical schools programme, and a determined search for accountability by its survivors, are told in this harrowing and moving documentary.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

theme

threat and horror

  • Director(s)

    Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    20/09/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    107m

  • Cast

    Charlene Belleau, Ed Archie Noisecat

child sexual and physical abuse theme, distressing scenes, strong language
Classified Date:
04/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
violence
References are made to the physical mistreatment and violent deaths of children in educational institutions, as well as to domestic abuse within Indigenous families.
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as ‘shit’, ‘damn’ and ‘God’.
discrimination
There are references to an historical programme of segregating Indigenous Canadian children in church-run schools, where sexual abuse by white clergy produced mixed race offspring who were shunned in the Indigenous community.
drugs
Infrequent drug misuse features a man smoking a joint.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are disturbing references to the the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.
suicide and self-harm
There are occasional references to people in despairing emotional and psychological states taking their own lives.
theme
Survivors of the segregated schools programme talk in distressing detail of their experiences and its legacy of emotional pain.

  • Classified date

    04/09/2024

  • Language

    English