The Playlist by Brian Farvour

This is far more than just a film.

Variety by Joe Leydon

Sugarcane” is the product of humane and insightful filmmakers who are determined to never let anyone forget, and put their moral outrage to exemplary good use. Still, you’re left with the forlorn suspicion that their best efforts to find justice for the living and the dead, however commendable, are part of a campaign that might be endless.

Original-Cin by Liz Braun

One hopes Sugarcane will be shown in schools all over North America.

RogerEbert.com by Peyton Robinson

Sugarcane is soul-shaking. It’s profoundly evocative, with spoken memories and moments of inability to muster the words gut-punching with equal measure.

IndieWire by Esther Zuckerman

Sugarcane doesn’t force conclusions that aren’t there. Instead, it lets the empty parts of the saga linger so the ghosts of what transpired feel present. It means, ultimately, that ‘Sugarcane’ is something more meaningful than a mere history lesson. It’s a portrait of what remains when injustice occurs.

The Hollywood Reporter by Lovia Gyarkye

Sugarcane’s sensitivity to the ongoing pain of its subjects is one of the film’s principal achievements. NoiseCat and Kassie offer an affecting portrait of a community that endures in spite of colonial genocide.

Screen Daily by Fionnuala Halligan

This is no superficial recounting of yet another injustice against native people.

Collider by Shaina Weatherhead

Beautifully shot and powerfully told, Sugarcane is a moving tale of resilience in the face of overwhelming injustice.

The New York Times by Alissa Wilkinson

For one, it’s immersive and incredibly beautiful, shot like poetry and scored by Mali Obomsawin. The result is both stunning and sobering.

Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele

Even the landscape speaks to an emotional duality. It captivates with its natural beauty and sweep at the same time it tragically underscores the remoteness of places like St. Joseph’s, where evil could keep secret.