Self Advocacy Federation
The Self Advocacy Federation and Neighborhood Bridges are proud to present:
Unloved-Huronia’s Forgotten Children
Join
us on January 26th, 2023 at 6 PM for a free screening of Unloved: The
Forgotten Children of Huronia. A film by filmmaker Barri Cohen at Kule
Theatre at MacEwan University.
Following the film, we will have a panel discussion about how past practices have influenced how people are supported today.
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Filmmaker
Barri Cohen leads part detective story, part social history in UNLOVED -
HURONIA’S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN as she uncovers the truth about Alfie and
Louis, her two long-dead half-brothers. They were institutionalized at
the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia in the 1950s, with one brother
unceremoniously buried in secret in an unmarked grave as a small child.
Their lives were cut short, but their story stands as a microcosm of the
immense tragedy of the western world’s 20th-century disastrous
treatment of intellectually disabled children and youth. Through the
interwoven narratives of a POV family story with critical institution
survivors, a question preoccupies the film: how do we allow ourselves to
dehumanize the most vulnerable people in our care?
UNLOVED - HURONIA’S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN is
a heartbreaking yet redemptive work that moves outwards from a highly
personal and painful family secret to an investigation of hidden,
searing truths about an entire government-enabled system of
institutional cruelty and ugliness against vulnerable children. Yet,
humanity is hopefully restored by assembling community and survivor
testimony, along with the filmmaker’s insistence that these experiences
be fully recognized and memorialized.
Here is the event link and a trailer to the documentary. We ask that you share this within your networks. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edmonton-premier-screening-unloved-tickets-504218269417
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