In 1968, five-year-old Bezhig Little Bird was forcibly removed from Long Pine Reserve and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, and renamed Esther Rosenblum. Eighteen years later, she embarks on a journey to unravel her history. Through this epic journey of connection and self-discovery, Bezhig Little Bird begins to find her lost family and put the pieces of her fragmented past back together.
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Little Bird: Wanna Icipus Kupi (Coming Home)
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Special | 1h 28m | Go behind the scenes of Little Bird and the movement for Indigenous narrative sovereignty. (1h 28m)
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In 1968, five-year-old Bezhig Little Bird was forcibly removed from Long Pine Reserve and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, and renamed Esther Rosenblum. Eighteen years later, she embarks on a journey to unravel her history. Through this epic journey of connection and self-discovery, Bezhig Little Bird begins to find her lost family and put the pieces of her fragmented past back together.
More About the Episodes
Episode 1: Love Is All Around
In 1968 Bezhig Little Bird was taken from her family. Now she questions her adoptive life.
Episode 2: So Put Together
Determined to learn more about her pre-adoption life, Esther uproots her life.
Episode 3: The Land That Takes You
Patti Little Bird and Behzig/Esther are desperate to find their families, decades apart.
Episode 4: Burning Down the House
Esther returns to Montreal to confront her adoptive mother about her new revelations.
Episode 5: I Want My Mom
When tragedy strikes, Esther realizes that she needs her mother, Golda, more than anyone.
Episode 6: Bineshi Kwe
The Little Bird family comes together to mourn death and celebrate life.
About Coming Home
Coming Home, the compelling feature-length documentary by director Erica Daniels, takes viewers behind the scenes of the production of the much-anticipated dramatic series Little Bird and the groundbreaking movement for Indigenous narrative sovereignty as experienced through the series' Indigenous creatives, crew and '60s Scoop advisors.
History & Impact of Residential Schools
Learn more about residential schools and their ongoing impact as explored in "Little Bird" and "Little Bird: Wanna Icipus Kupi (Coming Home)."
Young Niizh (Gideon Starr), young Dora (Charlotte Cutler), and young Bezhig (Keris Hope Hill)
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Patti (Ellyn Jade) watches her family with love.
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Young Bezhig (Keris Hope Hill) meets her adoptive parents.
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Esther (Darla Contois) and Leo (Braeden Clarke)
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Esther (Darla Contois)
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Esther (Darla Contois) sitting on the back of a truck.
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