Birth of a Family
Kingston Canadian Film Festival Collection
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1h 19m
"A revelatory documentary, Birth of a Family is a family-reunion doc unlike any you’ve seen before." POV Magazine
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In this deeply moving feature-length documentary from filmmaker Tasha Hubbard, three sisters and a brother meet for the first time. Removed from their young Dene mother during the infamous Sixties Scoop, they were separated as infants and adopted into families across North America. Betty Ann, Esther, Rosalie, and Ben were only four of the 20,000 Indigenous Canadian children taken from their families between 1955 and 1985, to be either adopted into white families or live in foster care. As the four siblings piece together their shared history, their connection deepens, and their family begins to take shape.
Canada - 2017 - 1h 19m
Directed By: Tasha Hubbard
Written By: Betty Ann Adam, Tasha Hubbard