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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260620T140000
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URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/birth-of-a-family-10/
SUMMARY:Birth of a Family
DESCRIPTION:In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day\, the Royal Albert
 a Museum presents a screening of Tasha Hubbard's award-winning documentary
  on a family reconnecting after decades apart\, a result of the Sixties Sc
 oop.\n\nBirth of a Family - directed by Tasha Hubbard (2017 | 79 min)\n\n
 Three sisters and a brother\, adopted as infants into separate families ac
 ross North America\, meet together for the first time in this deeply movin
 g documentary.\n\nRemoved 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 bet
 ween 1955 and 1985\, to be either adopted into white families or to live i
 n foster care. Now all in middle age\, each has grown up in different circ
 umstances\, with different family cultures\, different values and no share
 d memories. Birth of a Family follows them through the challenges\, trep
 idations and joys of their first steps towards forming their family.\n\nMe
 eting all together for the first time\, they spend a week in Banff\, Alber
 ta\, sharing what they know about their mother and stories about their liv
 es and the struggles they went through as foster kids and adoptees. As the
  four siblings piece together their shared history\, their connection deep
 ens\, bringing laughter with it\, and their family begins to take shape.\n
 \n“We grew up in white homes\, speaking only English and with no connect
 ion to our people or our culture. Though we were loved\, we were outsiders
  in families that had grandparents\, aunts\, uncles and cousins that were 
 not ours.” -Betty Ann Adam\n---\nSee the trailer: https://vimeo.com/2064
 79691\n\n---\n\nTickets for this screening are $25 and include admission t
 o the RAM galleries\, or $10 for the film only. Recommended for ages 14 an
 d up. To purchase tickets go to Birth of a Family | Royal Alberta Museum\n
 \nFor more information contact the Royal Alberta Museum at (825) 468-6000 
 or info.ram@gov.ab.ca
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LOCATION:Royal Alberta Museum\, 9810 103a Avenue\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5J-0G2\
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