Unloved: Huronia's Forgotten Children (2022)

Directed by

Barri Cohen

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at the abuse suffered by children at Ontario's Huronia Regional Centre. The director shares the story of her own two brothers who died at the institution.

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What happens

Unloved: Huronia's Forgotten Children is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Barri Cohen and released in 2022. The film documents the history of child abuse at Ontario's Huronia Regional Centre facility for developmentally disabled children, based in part on the story of her own two older brothers, Alfred and Louis, who died at the institution. The film premiered at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was named the third-place winner of the Rogers Audience Award. It was broadcast on the Documentary Channel and CBC Gem later in the year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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