Mali Obomsawin Performs the Live Score to the Film 'Sugarcane'
Changemakers Series
**Online sales close at 5 PM. Tickets can be purchased at the venue with cash or credit card.**
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Roulette – 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
Doors: 7 PM | Show: 8 PM
Post-show conversation with Mali Obomsawin and the film’s impact producer Amber Morning Star
Tickets: Advance: $35 | Day of Show: $40
WMI Member price: Advance: $28 | Day of Show: $32
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
A member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Amber Morning Star Byars is a multidisciplinary artist, lawyer, producer, impact producer, and Indigenous rights advocate. In 2023, Amber founded Good Trade Productions, a production company dedicated to the art of Indigenous storytelling. Amber has contributed to the impact campaigns of acclaimed films, including the two-time Emmy Award-winning documentary Lakota Nation vs United States and the Academy Award-nominated Sugarcane. Amber currently serves as a cultural advisor for AMC Networks and was named one of DOC NYC’s New Leaders for 2024/2025.
The CHANGEMAKERS series highlights artists who, aside from enriching lives through the arts, positively impact society and their communities via their philanthropic, advocacy, and/or educational contributions and activism.