“Birth of a Family” Documentary Screening
Thu, Sep 24
|Minden Hills Cultural Centre
Time & Location
Sep 24, 2026, 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Minden Hills Cultural Centre, 176 Bobcaygeon Rd, Minden, ON K0M 2K0, Canada
About the event
“Birth of a Family” Documentary Screening
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm & 5:00pm-7:00pm
Location: Minden Hills Cultural Centre 176 Bobcaygeon Road, Minden ON, K0M 2K0
Description: The Minden Hills Cultural Centre will host a free screening of Birth of a Family (2017) on Thursday, September 24 at 1:00 PM as well as a second screening the same day at 5:00 PM.
The documentary, directed by Tasha Hubbard and co-written by Hubbard and Betty Ann Adam, follows three sisters and a brother adopted as infants into separate families across North America, who meet for the first time. Glimpse into Betty Ann, Esther, Rosalie and Ben’s experiences as four of 20,000 Indigenous children between 1955 and 1985 taken from their families and brought into foster care. Experience the heartfelt moments their shared history mend together while their cultural and familial bonds flourish.