Little Bird
- TV Mini Series
- 2023
- 46m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
1.4K
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This six episode series chronicles the cruel treatment of indigenous children.This six episode series chronicles the cruel treatment of indigenous children.This six episode series chronicles the cruel treatment of indigenous children.
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- 19 wins & 17 nominations total
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This one this close to home. This show portrays what generations of Canadians have kept it quiet. The show is so well done and the acting is so good I found myself crying at how bad my country treated their natives.
I've never seen any of the actors on the show before and they are all insanely good. The story makes it justice and it's hard to see things that happen in history but it needs to be done.
I would recommend anyone, US and Canada mainly to show that our country isn't as great as we think it is.
It's so heartbreaking and so important to make history into shows because we need to learn from our mistakes .
I've never seen any of the actors on the show before and they are all insanely good. The story makes it justice and it's hard to see things that happen in history but it needs to be done.
I would recommend anyone, US and Canada mainly to show that our country isn't as great as we think it is.
It's so heartbreaking and so important to make history into shows because we need to learn from our mistakes .
I don't think I rated any of the episodes above 8, but the whole package deserves an almost perfect score of 9 for me. Shows the pain we inflicted upon the native residents of 'our' countries*, without shoving inherited guilt in our faces. Made by and with natives who experienced the events depicted.
* (I say 'we/our' as many of the comments feel this is just about Canada - when we Americans did worse in almost every respect). As an evangelical Christian, I understand and support missionary activity. However, this could have (and nowadays is) done without force. Natives have much more respect for the Earth and we could certainly learn from that, among other things.
* (I say 'we/our' as many of the comments feel this is just about Canada - when we Americans did worse in almost every respect). As an evangelical Christian, I understand and support missionary activity. However, this could have (and nowadays is) done without force. Natives have much more respect for the Earth and we could certainly learn from that, among other things.
This is a story that should be shown in High School. These poor communities having families ripped apart and their children kidnapped. I can't believe it took so long to be addressed by USA and Canada.
I'm a Canadian who was adopted through proper channels in the fifties as a baby. The First Nations children were forced to speak English and had to adapt to Christen ways. Even I know a lot of the story I still had many tissue moments and felt sick.
This was a fabulous series and I think it should be up for awards. The scenery, music and story were top notch . The clothing were on point for the time.
I'm a Canadian who was adopted through proper channels in the fifties as a baby. The First Nations children were forced to speak English and had to adapt to Christen ways. Even I know a lot of the story I still had many tissue moments and felt sick.
This was a fabulous series and I think it should be up for awards. The scenery, music and story were top notch . The clothing were on point for the time.
An incredible series, told from the point of view of the oppressed rather than the other way around with a First Nations cast, direction and writing.
I was riveted from the first scene as it was so well written, cast and with marvelous cinematography.
I was in tears several times, following the story of a First Nations child, who, along with her siblings is taken to an orphanage, photographed for the newspapers as ready for adoption and then adopted by a Jewish family in Montreal.
In adulthood, she finally ascertains she is adopted and not Jewish and starts the long arduous task of tracking her birth parents.
My heart broke for her so many times as she hits so many barriers in her quest.
Nothing is Disneyfied, the acting is superb and the depiction of the elders is authentic in its execution.
I am surprised I didn't see any publicity about this as it deserves so much recognition and should be shown in colleges, schools and universities.
The narrow, bigoted focus of the cops and social workers was particularly harrowing. The grief of the parents almost unbearable.
10/10 from me.
I was riveted from the first scene as it was so well written, cast and with marvelous cinematography.
I was in tears several times, following the story of a First Nations child, who, along with her siblings is taken to an orphanage, photographed for the newspapers as ready for adoption and then adopted by a Jewish family in Montreal.
In adulthood, she finally ascertains she is adopted and not Jewish and starts the long arduous task of tracking her birth parents.
My heart broke for her so many times as she hits so many barriers in her quest.
Nothing is Disneyfied, the acting is superb and the depiction of the elders is authentic in its execution.
I am surprised I didn't see any publicity about this as it deserves so much recognition and should be shown in colleges, schools and universities.
The narrow, bigoted focus of the cops and social workers was particularly harrowing. The grief of the parents almost unbearable.
10/10 from me.
It was certainly very, very emotional. Beautifully presented by the first-nation actors, who themselves must have been deeply moved by the storyline.
I was teary-eyed. I was seething and railing against the evil system and the police as they were portrayed. How could this have happened and possibly still is happening?
The series needs to be shown in every school to demonstrate the plight of less fortunate people (in many countries, I'm sure) and the wickedness of people who are supposed to care for and protect society. I'm sure that I will be moved by each heart-tugging scene in each episode.
I was teary-eyed. I was seething and railing against the evil system and the police as they were portrayed. How could this have happened and possibly still is happening?
The series needs to be shown in every school to demonstrate the plight of less fortunate people (in many countries, I'm sure) and the wickedness of people who are supposed to care for and protect society. I'm sure that I will be moved by each heart-tugging scene in each episode.
Did you know
- TriviaSixties Scoop - a notorious period in Canadian history in which Indigenous children were forcibly taken from their homes and sent to live with white families.
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- Also known as
- Little Bird, los niños robados
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada(location)
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- Runtime46 minutes
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