Little Bird

This six episode series chronicles the cruel treatment of indigenous children.

2023 HD 43min Canada English

Jennifer Podemski Darla Contois Lisa Edelstein Ellyn Jade Braeden Clarke Imajyn Cardinal Joshua Odjick Eric Schweig Michelle Thrush Osawa Muskwa

Drama

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S1E1 - Love is all Around 2023-05-26

In 1968, Bezhig Little Bird and her siblings are removed from their home on the Long Pine Reserve and adopted into white families. Now in her 20s, Bezhig lives in Montreal as a Jewish woman named Esther Rosenblum, who seeks to uncover the truth of her past.

S1E2 - So Put Together 2023-06-02

Esther finds her adoption papers, and a newspaper clipping that evoke fuzzy memories of her young life on the Long Pine Reserve. Determined to learn more, she uproots her life and sacrifices everything in search of her family and identity.

S1E3 - The Land that Takes You 2023-06-09

Patti Little Bird is desperate to get her kids back, but she doesn’t know where they have been taken. Eighteen years later, Bezhig/Esther, who has made her way back to the prairies, is desperate to find her family, but both women are lost.

S1E4 - Burning Down the House 2023-06-16

Esther finds members of her family who help her put together the pieces of the past. She returns home to Montreal to confront Golda, her adoptive mother about the revelations she’s uncovered that shine a new light on their life and change the way they can look at the past.