BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2032@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T143000 DTSTAMP:20250529T150210Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/birth-of-a-family-grey-roots-museum-archi ves/ SUMMARY:Birth of a Family - Grey Roots Museum & Archives DESCRIPTION:Birth of a Family\nTasha Hubbard\n2017 | 79 min 14 s\nDocument ary\nEnglish\nTo register\, visit : Grey Roots Museum and Archives |\n\n\ n“We grew up in white homes\, speaking only English and with no connecti on to our people or our culture. Though we were loved\, we were outsiders in families that had grandparents\, aunts\, uncles and cousins that were n ot ours.” Betty Ann Adam.\n\n\nThree sisters and a brother\, adopted as infants into separate families across North America\, meet together for th e first time in this deeply moving documentary by director Tasha Hubbard.\ n\nRemoved from their young Dene mother’s care as part of Canada’s inf amous Sixties Scoop\, Betty Ann\, Esther\, Rosalie and Ben were four of th e 20\,000 Indigenous children taken from their families between 1955 and 1 985\, 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\, wit h different family cultures\, different values and no shared memories. Bi rth of a Family follows them through the challenges\, trepidations and jo ys of their first steps towards forming their family.\n\nMeeting all toget her for the first time\, they spend a week in Banff\, Alberta\, sharing wh at they know about their mother and stories about their lives and the stru ggles they went through as foster kids and adoptees. As the four siblings piece together their shared history\, their connection deepens\, bringing laughter with it\, and their family begins to take shape.\n\n\n\n \;\n \n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05 /BOAF_EKP_1440x810.jpg CATEGORIES:Screenings LOCATION:Grey Roots Museum & Archives\, 102599 Grey Road 18\, RR4\, Owen So und\, Ontario\, ON\, Canada\, N4K 5N6\, Ontario\, Canada GEO:44.521158;-80.941464 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=102599 Grey Road 18\, RR4\, Owen Sound\, Ontario\, ON\, Canada\, N4K 5N6\, Ontario\, Canada;X-APPLE-R ADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Grey Roots Museum & Archives:geo:44.521158,-80.941464 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR