BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1200@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200825T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200825T210000 DTSTAMP:20200812T213344Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/birth-of-a-family-8/ SUMMARY:Birth of a Family DESCRIPTION:\nJAYU Last Tuesdays Virtual Screening: Birth Of A Family\n\nTh is screening is open captioned and will be immediately followed by a Q& \;A with Betty Ann at 7:30 PM on Facebook Live with an ASL Interpreter.\ n \;\n\n\nTo register  please click here.\n \;\n\n\n\n\nTasha Hub bard\n2017 | 79 min 14 s\nThree sisters and a brother\, adopted as infant s into separate families across North America\, meet together for the firs t time in this deeply moving documentary by director Tasha Hubbard.\n\nRem oved 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 al l in middle age\, each has grown up in different circumstances\, with diff erent family cultures\, different values and no shared memories. Birth of a Family follows them through the challenges\, trepidations and joys of their first steps towards forming their family.\n\nMeeting all together fo r the first time\, they spend a week in Banff\, Alberta\, sharing what the y know about their mother and stories about their lives and the struggles they went through as foster kids and adoptees. As the four siblings piece together their shared history\, their connection deepens\, bringing laught er with it\, and their family begins to take shape.\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03 /Birth-of-a-Family-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Screenings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Edmonton X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Edmonton BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR