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Sugarcane (2024)
Must watch
Directors Julian NoiseCat and Emily Kassie are former colleagues in investigative journalism. After years of covering humanitarian crises abroad, Kassie turns her lens to her home country Canada when she hears of hundreds of unmarked graves of indigenous children from St. J-seph's M-ssion, a residential school administered by the C-tholic ch-rch.
NoiseCat and Kassie relocate to Sugarcane Reserve to follow Charlene Belleau investigate ab-se, r-pe, and inf-nticide at St. J-seph's, NoiseCat's family rehash generations of trauma in residential schools, Chief Sellars advocate for reconciling history, and Father Gilbert visit the V-tican in hopes of closure for the pain and shame inflicted by the ch-rch.
The words of Pr-me M-nister Tr-deau and P-pe Fr-ncis ring hollow, as our protagonists are left to find answers on their own. Through them, we are told a story of resistance against subjugation by c-lonialists and the ch-rch.
The in Between (2024)
Slow burn but worth it
Director Robie Flores moves back to her hometown Eagle Pass on the U. S.-Mexico border to capture the moments of serenity and community she remembers from growing up there, in contrast to Pr-sident Tr-mp's depiction of the small town as a place where dr-gs and cr-me enter the U. S.
Sifting through home videos taken by her late brother Marcelo and candid shots of children and families who currently reside in the small town, Flores chases traces of what it felt like living there. She weaves together cinematic, close-up shots--of residents playing football, performing Selena, and singing karaoke--with long shots to remind us how easily we take the beauty of ordinary moments for granted.
Instead of interviews, we're immersed in the daily chatter in Eagle Pass, invited to feel the gentle breeze during sunset, stillness of nature on a fishing trip, and rumble of b-rder p-trol passing by children playing and running in the streets.