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Birth of a Family (2017)

Birth of a Family poster
Directed by
Tasha Hubbard
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 19m
Rated
14A
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about four siblings who were adopted into different families as infants and meet each other for the first time as adults. It follows their reunion and the process of getting to know one another.

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What happens

Birth of a Family is a 2017 First Nations Canadian documentary directed by Tasha Hubbard and co-written by Hubbard and Betty Ann Adam. It follows three sisters and a brother, adopted as infants into separate families across North America, who meet together for the first time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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