An Indigenous woman raised in an affluent Jewish family in Montreal embarks on a quest to find her birth family. Along the way, she uncovers the tragic story of a family torn apart during the Sixties Scoop.
Removed from her home on the Long Pine Reserve, Bezhig Little Bird is adopted into a Montreal Jewish family at the age of five, becoming Esther Rosenblum. Now in her 20s, Bezhig longs for the family she lost and is willing to sacrifice everything to find them.
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Esther finds her adoption papers and an old newspaper clipping that evoke fuzzy memories of her young life on the Long Pine Reserve. Determined to learn more, she uproots her life in Montreal and sacrifices everything in search of the family she lost.
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Patti Little Bird is desperate to get her kids back, but she doesn’t know where they are. Eighteen years later, Esther, who has made her way out west, is desperate to find her birth family. Both women are lost, tangled in the exact same place, decades apart.
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Esther finds family members who help her piece together her past. She returns home to Montreal to confront her adoptive mother about the revelations she’s uncovered, changing the way they both see the past.
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Esther returns to the Prairies to continue uncovering her past and reconnecting the severed ties within her birth family. When tragedy strikes, Esther realizes that she needs her adoptive mother, Golda, more than anything.
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After much love and sorrow, the Little Bird family comes together to mourn death and celebrate life. The bond between Esther and Golda is stronger than ever. Esther’s onerous journey has come to an end, and she’s finally found what she’s been looking for.
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