Mali Obomsawin: Sugarcane with Live Score

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When Thu, Apr 16, 2026

Where Walker Cinema

Price Tickets start at $25

Part of: Performing Arts Season 2025–26

Part of: Performing Arts Season 2025–26

“[Sugarcane] is immersive and incredibly beautiful, shot like poetry…. The result is both stunning and sobering.” —New York Times

The film Sugarcane features a score written by composer/bassist Mali Obomsawin (Odanak First Nation) that stands as a testimony to Indigenous struggle and resilience. This performance/screening event begins with a short live set by Obomsawin and local guitarists John Dieterich (Deerhoof) and Andrew Broder.

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 the haunting score filled with tender character studies and sprawling landscapes.

After the screening, join Mali Obomsawin at the audience reception in the Main Lobby.

Note: Due to a program change, the screening will not be presented with a live score as previously announced.

This is night one of a two-night engagement with Obomsawin. Learn more about her ensemble’s performance at Icehouse on April 18.

Accessibility, Sensory, and Content Notes

Content note: This film contains themes of child abuse and death, and follows an investigation into Saint Joseph’s Indian Residential School in British Columbia. The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, based in Minneapolis, provides a resource list for trauma responses. The coalition leads in the pursuit of understanding and addressing the ongoing trauma created by the US Indian Boarding School policy. More information is available at boardingschoolhealing.org.

For more information about accessibility, visit our Access page.

For questions on accessibility or to request additional accommodations, call 612-375-7564 or email access@walkerart.org.

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Program support provided by Nor Hall and Roger Hale.