The Vashon Faith Community invites you to a free screening of SUGARCANE, the award-winning debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is a groundbreaking investigation into an Indian residential school, shedding light on years of forced separation, assimilation and abuse that Indigenous children experienced at the hands of Church and government.

This urgent and timely film brings the hidden story of cultural genocide to audiences worldwide while celebrating the resilience of Native people as they work to overcome cycles of intergenerational trauma.

Join us at the Vashon Theatre on Tuesday January 27, 2026 at 5:30pm. Donations will benefit Thunderbird Treatment Center. If you are not able to join the documentary screening please feel free to donate directly to the Seattle Indian Health Board.

Thank you to our sponsors: 

Vashon Theatre
Island Greentech
Church of the Holy Spirit
Friends of Thunderbird
Northwest Washington Synod – Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Vashon Friends Worship Group ~ Quakers
Vashon Havurah
Vashon Island Unitarian Universalists
Vashon Maury Standing Up for Racial Justice
Vashon Presbyterian Church
Vashon United Methodist Church