Sugarcane.  Three years ago, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. A gripping investigation into these graves unearths secrets below and above ground, igniting a reckoning in the lives of survivors and their descendants, including the film’s co-director. Years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools resulted in a national outcry against a system designed to destroy Indigenous communities. “Sugarcane” illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere. Winner of the U.S. Documentary Directing Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, this powerful film is a reckoning with a troubled past history.Information and tickets for all Woods Hole Film Festival Events are here.