Mali Obomsawin Performs The Score to "Sugarcane"

Mali Obomsawin is a genre-defying bassist composer vocalist and a proud member of the Odanak First Nation who “aims to shine a light on the largely hidden history of Indigenous jazz” (WNYC). Her music has been featured in the acclaimed FX series Reservation Dogs and she composed the score for the Academy Award-nominated 2024 National Geographic documentary Sugarcane. This powerful film the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie investigates abuse and the disappearance of children at an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada sparking a reckoning on the adjacent Sugarcane Reserve and a national outcry. In this program Mali and her band will perform live accompanying a screening of the film.

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