Sugarcane Menu About Bios Photos Releases Videos Releases October 31, 2024 Sundance Award-Winner Sugarcane To Debut Dec. 9 on National Geographic and Stream Next Day on Disney+ and Hulu (WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oct. 31, 2024) Today, National Geographic Documentary Films announced the premiere dates for SUGARCANE, the award-winning feature documentary from directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. The critically acclaimed film will premiere on National Geographic Monday, Dec. 9, at 9/8c and stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. The announcement comes in the wake of President Biden’s historic apology to Native Americans for the government’s role in the U.S. boarding school system. Indigenous actress Lily Gladstone also recently boarded the project as an executive producer, citing her close connection to the subject matter as the granddaughter of a boarding school survivor. The film’s soundtrack, by composer Mali Obomsawin, will be released by Hollywood Records Tuesday, Dec. 10, the same day the film premieres on Disney+ and Hulu. It will be available wherever music is sold and streamed. Obomsawin (Odanak First Nation) is an award-winning composer and Indigenous m Press Release October 28, 2024 Award-Winning Documentary Sugarcane Adds Oscar Nominee Lily Gladstone As Executive Producer (LOS ANGELES – Oct. 18, 2024) Today, National Geographic Documentary Films announced Oscar®-nominated actress Lily Gladstone boarded the acclaimed documentary SUGARCANE as executive producer. Raised on the Blackfeet Reservation, Gladstone is of Piegan Blackfeet, Nez Perce and European heritage. Gladstone was the first Native American to win the Golden Globe® Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and be nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Actress for their work in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Previously, Gladstone was honored at 2023’s Variety’s Power of Women event for her work as an advocate for Indigenous women’s rights. The actor works closely with the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), a nonprofit that aims to end violence against Indigenous women. The NIWRC has created a database that allows individuals to search for legislation regarding missing and murdered Indigenous women across states. “You’re not going to find any Indigenous person in N Press Release - Editorial July 10, 2024 National Geographic Documentary Films Debuts Trailer for Sundance Award-Winner Sugarcane (LOS ANGELES, CA – July 10, 2024) Today, National Geographic Documentary Films released the official trailer and key art for its forthcoming film SUGARCANE, from first-time director and TIME100 Next honoree Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emmy®- and Peabody-nominated investigative journalist, director, producer and cinematographer Emily Kassie. SUGARCANE will be released by Variance Films in the U.S. and by Films We Like in Canada on Aug. 9 and will stream later this year on Hulu and Disney+. “Enlightening and infuriating” (Variety), SUGARCANE is an epic, nuanced and sensitive cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Amidst the groundbreaking investigation into abuse and deaths at an Indian residential school in Canada, the film’s courageous participants break cycles of intergenerational trauma by facing painful, long-ignored truths and rebuilding broken family bonds. After making its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year — where Press Release
October 31, 2024 Sundance Award-Winner Sugarcane To Debut Dec. 9 on National Geographic and Stream Next Day on Disney+ and Hulu (WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oct. 31, 2024) Today, National Geographic Documentary Films announced the premiere dates for SUGARCANE, the award-winning feature documentary from directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. The critically acclaimed film will premiere on National Geographic Monday, Dec. 9, at 9/8c and stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. The announcement comes in the wake of President Biden’s historic apology to Native Americans for the government’s role in the U.S. boarding school system. Indigenous actress Lily Gladstone also recently boarded the project as an executive producer, citing her close connection to the subject matter as the granddaughter of a boarding school survivor. The film’s soundtrack, by composer Mali Obomsawin, will be released by Hollywood Records Tuesday, Dec. 10, the same day the film premieres on Disney+ and Hulu. It will be available wherever music is sold and streamed. Obomsawin (Odanak First Nation) is an award-winning composer and Indigenous m Press Release
October 28, 2024 Award-Winning Documentary Sugarcane Adds Oscar Nominee Lily Gladstone As Executive Producer (LOS ANGELES – Oct. 18, 2024) Today, National Geographic Documentary Films announced Oscar®-nominated actress Lily Gladstone boarded the acclaimed documentary SUGARCANE as executive producer. Raised on the Blackfeet Reservation, Gladstone is of Piegan Blackfeet, Nez Perce and European heritage. Gladstone was the first Native American to win the Golden Globe® Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and be nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Actress for their work in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Previously, Gladstone was honored at 2023’s Variety’s Power of Women event for her work as an advocate for Indigenous women’s rights. The actor works closely with the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), a nonprofit that aims to end violence against Indigenous women. The NIWRC has created a database that allows individuals to search for legislation regarding missing and murdered Indigenous women across states. “You’re not going to find any Indigenous person in N Press Release - Editorial
July 10, 2024 National Geographic Documentary Films Debuts Trailer for Sundance Award-Winner Sugarcane (LOS ANGELES, CA – July 10, 2024) Today, National Geographic Documentary Films released the official trailer and key art for its forthcoming film SUGARCANE, from first-time director and TIME100 Next honoree Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emmy®- and Peabody-nominated investigative journalist, director, producer and cinematographer Emily Kassie. SUGARCANE will be released by Variance Films in the U.S. and by Films We Like in Canada on Aug. 9 and will stream later this year on Hulu and Disney+. “Enlightening and infuriating” (Variety), SUGARCANE is an epic, nuanced and sensitive cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Amidst the groundbreaking investigation into abuse and deaths at an Indian residential school in Canada, the film’s courageous participants break cycles of intergenerational trauma by facing painful, long-ignored truths and rebuilding broken family bonds. After making its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year — where Press Release
