Lonbraz Kann (also known as Sugarcane Shadows[1]) is a 2014 Mauritian film directed by David Constantin.
The story follows the closing of a sugar factory, and how it affects the local residents: the factory workers' houses are destroyed to make space for new up-scale residences, and foreign workers are brought in to help with that construction.
The film started in 2006 as a project called Sans Sucre at the Three Continents Festival's "Produire au Sud" workshop in Nantes in France.
[4] The production received 93,000 euros from ACPCulture+ and 40,000 euros from the International Organisation of the Francophonie, and the filmmakers made it a priority to hire local crew members and equipment before resorting to bringing in skilled people from Europe.
[7] Lonbraz Kann premiered at the Festival international du film d'Afrique et des îles in Réunion on October 2, 2014.