Hollywood Records is proud to release the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for National Geographic Documentary Films’ critically acclaimed documentary, Sugarcane, featuring a powerful score by celebrated musician Mali Obomsawin. Available on digital platforms, the soundtrack accompanies the film’s debut on National Geographic on Monday, December 9, followed by its streaming launch on Disney+ and Hulu today, December 10. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, Sugarcane offers a poignant portrait of a Native community confronting a dark chapter in history, drawing on the resilience and strength of Indigenous peoples. Through Obomsawin’s stirring compositions, the soundtrack amplifies the film’s emotional depth, shedding light on the enduring spirit of a community in the face of intergenerational trauma.
ABOUT SUGARCANE
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. After years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation, and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools was brought to light, sparking a national outcry against a system designed to destroy Indigenous communities. Set amidst a groundbreaking investigation, SUGARCANE illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.
ABOUT MALI OBOMSAWIN
Mali Obomsawin is an accomplished genre-fluid bassist, composer, vocalist and proud citizen of the Odanak First Nation. Obomsawin’s increasingly broad body of work spans jazz and roots music, indie rock and experimental sound, all of which are incorporated into her compositions. An international touring artist and celebrated accompanist, her current projects include her shoegaze duo Deerlady, the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band and her eponymous free-jazz ensemble. Obomsawin’s expansive and nuanced practice models 21st century Indigeneity, challenging listeners’ complacency with the urgency of our times while comforting with lush– and at times haunting– harmonies.
TRACKLIST
- The Mission
- The Lucky Ones
- Charlene’s Theme
- Just Another Dead Indian
- Do You Want to Know?
- Inscription
- Accountable
- Do You Want to Know?
- Discovery
- First Week of September
- Guardians
- Orange Shirt Day
- A Feeling
- Remembrance
- What Do We Do?
- Father
- Looking for Me
- The Storm
- A Home for Me
- Vatican City
- No Indication
- In God Alone
- The Wall
- Eyes of the Children
- More Than Anything
- Sugarcane
