In the third and fourth segments of this six-part interview, Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie discuss with Kakoli Mitra their views on how they think formerly and still colonized peoples, faced with the permanence and irreversibility of the types of destruction European colonialism wreaked on them and their ancestral lands, could move forward. Julian and Emily initially respond to this question from two different perspectives: Julian predominantly from an inward-looking point of view, focusing on the behaviors of and transformations within colonized communities, and Emily from an inter-communal and external point of view, including reparations by the heirs of the colonizing institutions.
Sugarcane: First Nations’ Resilience and Trauma amid Institutionalized Genocide (4 of 6)
Oscar-nominated filmmakers, Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emilly Kassie, talk about the substantive issues explored in their latest documentary, Sugarcane, including the genocide of Indigenous peoples in North America, Canadian residential schools, European colonialism, and their hopes for their film’s impact.
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Julian Brave NoiseCat (he) is a writer, Oscar-nominated filmmaker, champion powwow dancer, and student of Salish art and history; his first book, 'We Survived the Night,' will be published by Alfred A. Knopf on October 21, 2025.
Indigenous North America | Tsq̓éscen̓ First Nation (of the Secwépemc (Shuswap))
United States
First Resilience
Emily Kassie (she) is an Oscar-, Emmy-, and Peabody-nominated filmmaker and investigative journalist; her work for The New York Times, PBS Frontline, Netflix, and others ranges from America’s immigrant detention system to the Taliban's crackdown on women.
Europe
United States
