Mali Obomsawin: "Sugarcane" with Live Score

Name: Mali Obomsawin: "Sugarcane" with Live Score
Start: 2026-04-16T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55403

Schedule

Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55403 | Minneapolis, MN

“[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.

Program support provided by Nor Hall and Roger Hale.