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Sundance Films Take Top Prizes at 26th Annual Sarasota Film Festival


Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat's documentary "Sugarcane" garnered the top nonfiction honor at the 26th annual Sarasota Film Festival.

Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat’s documentary “Sugarcane” garnered the top nonfiction honor at the 26th annual Sarasota Film Festival. About the abuse and death of Indigenous children at a Canadian-based Indian Residential School, the docu premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival (SFF), where it picked up the U.S. documentary directing kudo. First-time feature director Margolin introduces audiences to a powerhouse duo of Thelma and Ben (Richard Roundtree) two silver-haired dynamos who prove that age is merely a number.

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