A documentary chronicling the devastating legacy of residential schools in B.C. is among breakout films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie received the jury prize for directing in the U.S. documentary category for Sugarcane about the investigation into the abuse and missing children of a residential school, and its impacts on the nearby Sugarcane reserve.
Awards for the festival’s 40th edition — which runs Jan. 18-28 — were announced Friday at the Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah.
“The reception here has just been incredibly positive,” NoiseCat told CBC News from Park City, over Zoom.
NoiseCat, a member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq̓éscen̓, appears in the film
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