New Mexico locals brings Indigenous stories to Oscar noms [Video]

REALLY AREN’T TOO BAD AND ARE ACTUALLY A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. THE OSCARS THIS SUNDAY ON KOAT. TWO NEW MEXICANS ARE GOING TO BE THERE. THEIR FILM IS NOMINATED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE. PEYTON SPELLACY SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE PRODUCERS TO DISCUSS THE FILM AND WHAT THIS NOMINATION MEANS TO THEM. HI, PEYTON. HEY, TODD AND ROYALE AMBER MORNINGSTAR BYERS SAYS SHE’S GRATEFUL FOR THE NOMINATION, BUT SHE ISN’T SURPRISED GIVEN HOW POWERFUL AND MOVING THIS STORY IS. THE DOCUMENTARY NOMINATED IS CALLED SUGAR CANE. IT TELLS A STORY OF INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS IN CANADA AND THE U.S., SHEDDING A LIGHT ON THE PAINFUL HISTORY. SHE SAYS IT’S CRUCIAL THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THESE SCHOOLS. MANY CHILDREN FACED IMMENSE TRAUMA STRIPPED FROM THEIR CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY. THE FILM FOLLOWS ONE FAMILY’S JOURNEY AS THEY STILL GRAPPLE WITH THE LONG LASTING EFFECTS …