A Place Between - The Story of an Adoption

Collaborators : Kaltenbaugh, Curtis | MacDonald, Joe | Mazur, Derek | McCrea, Graydon | Scott, Michael | Office national du film du Canada
Kaltenbaugh, Curtis -- Family.Adoption -- Psychological aspects.Indians of North America -- Canada -- Ethnic identity.Intercountry adoption.Interracial adoption.Children and Youth -- Adoption and Foster Care.Children and Youth -- Indigenous Youth.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) -- Children.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) -- Cultural Identity.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) -- Family Life.Documentary films.Show 6 more

A Place Between - The Story of an Adoption is a dramatic story of the reconciliation between biological and adoptive families. But much more than that, it is the journey of a cross-cultural adoptee who struggles to find balance between his families' different ethnicities and traditions and to discover how and where he fits into each world. Following the tragic death of their younger brother in 1980, Curtis Kaltenbaugh, 7, and his brother Ashok, 4, were removed from their birth mother's care in Manitoba and adopted into a white, middle-class family in Pennsylvania. This film follows Curtis' struggle with his biological family's turbulent history and observes what happens when his biological and adoptive families finally meet.

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Resource Type : Émission et filmFormats : 1 streaming video (74 min., 15 sec.)Language : AnglaisYear of publication : ©2007

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