Birth of a Family

Hubbard, Tasha (director). Adam, Betty Ann (writer). Thompson, Bonnie (producer). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author).

Summary: Three sisters and a brother, adopted as infants into separate families, meet together for the first time in this deeply moving documentary. Removed from their young Dene mother’s care as part of Canada’s infamous Sixties Scoop, Betty Ann, Esther, Rosalie and Ben were four of the 20,000 Indigenous children taken from their families between 1955 and 1985, to be either adopted into white families or to live in foster care. Now all in middle age, each has grown up in different circumstances, with different family cultures, different values and no shared memories. Birth of a Family follows them through pain, trepidation and laughter as they work together to build their family.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (44 min 09 sec)
remote
videorecording
electronic
Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio.ca subscribers
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director: Hubbard, Tasha ; Writer: Adam, Betty Ann ; Producer: Thompson, Bonnie.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/video/birth-of-a-family-15972/
Language Note:	In English. Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation