Mali Obomsawin: Sugarcane with Live Score
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“[Sugarcane] is immersive and incredibly beautiful, shot like poetry…. The result is both stunning and sobering.” —New York Times
Sugarcane is a film screening animated by a live film score performance. The eponymous Oscar-nominated documentary follows an Indigenous community grappling with the painful history of a residential school run by the Catholic Church. Centering on members of the Williams Lake First Nation in present-day British Columbia, the film unfolds alongside a haunting score filled with tender character studies and sprawling landscapes. Written by composer/bassist Mali Obomsawin (Odanak First Nation) and brought to life by her trio, the score stands as a testimony to Indigenous struggle and resilience.
This is night one of a two-night engagement with Obomsawin. Learn more about her sextet performance at Icehouse on April 18.
Content note: This film contains themes of child abuse and death, and follows an investigation into Saint Joseph’s Indian Residential School in British Columbia. The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, based in Minneapolis, provides a resource list for trauma responses. The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition leads in the pursuit of understanding and addressing the ongoing trauma created by the US Indian Boarding School policy. More information is available at boardingschoolhealing.org.
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Program support provided by Nor Hall and Roger Hale.
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Thu Apr 16, 2026
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