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Oscar Contender ‘Sugarcane’ Sets NatGeo & Streaming Debuts, Days After Pres. Biden Apologizes For Horrors Of Indian Residential School System
'Sugarcane,' the Oscar-contending documentary about the legacy of Indian Residential Schools, has secured premiere dates on NatGeo, Disney+ and Hulu.
EXCLUSIVE: Sugarcane, the Oscar-contending documentary about the horrifying legacy of Indian Residential Schools in North America, will make its debut on National Geographic on Monday, December 9, followed the next day by a streaming launch on Disney+ and Hulu. The film centers on an investigation into the discovery of possible mass graves at the St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School in British Columbia, an institution run by the Catholic Church where generations of Indigenous children suffered sexual, physical and psychological abuse. Academy Award-nominated actress Lily Gladstone, who is of Siksikaitsitapi and Nimiipuu heritage, recently joined Sugarcane as an executive producer, alongside fellow EPs Bill Way, Elliott Whitton, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Tegan Acton, Emma Pompetti, Grace Lay, Sumalee Montano, Sabrina Merage Naim, Douglas Choi, Adam and Melony Lewis, Meadow Fund, JanaLee Cherneski and Ian Desai, David and Linda Cornfield, Maida Lynn, and Robina Riccitiello.
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