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Indigenous Education Month: Cinema on Tour
October 17 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Indigenous Education, NC Libraries, and SAC in association with the National Film Board will be commemorating Indigenous Education Month with weekly movie viewings throughout the month of October.
A guest speaker will be on hand to introduce each film. The viewings are free of charge and open to faculty, staff and students of Niagara College. Light refreshments will be served.
Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to learn more about Indigenous culture.
Movie details:
wideawake.nfb.ca/events/birth-of-a-family-16/
Birth of a Family (2016 | 1 h 19 min), by Tasha Hubbard
Three sisters and a brother, adopted as infants into separate families across North America, meet together for the first time in this deeply moving documentary by director Tasha Hubbard.
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. As the four siblings piece together their shared history, their connection deepens, bringing laughter with it, and their family begins to take shape.
Watch the trailer here.
The NFB Indigenous Film Series at Niagara College is a collaborative project involving the Libraries, the Indigenous Education department, and the Student Administrative Council. Guest speaker: Elaine Berwald. More information here.