As part of a racist government policy now known as the Sixties Scoop, Bezhig Little Bird is removed from her home in Long Pine Reserve in Saskatchewan and adopted into a…
Drama • Series • 2023 • 1 season
Starring: Darla Contois, Lisa Edelstein, Ellyn Jade
Created by: Jennifer Podemski, Hannah Moscovitch
S1 E1 - Love is all Around
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.
May 26, 2023 • 42m
S1 E2 - So Put Together
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.
Jun 2, 2023 • 48m
S1 E3 - The Land that Takes You
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.
Jun 9, 2023 • 41m
S1 E4 - Burning Down the House
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.
Jun 16, 2023 • 48m
S1 E5 - I Want My Mom
When tragedy strikes, Esther realizes that she needs her adoptive mother, Golda, more than anything.
Jun 23, 2023 • 45m
S1 E6 - Bineshe Kwe
After much love and sorrow, the Little Bird family come together to mourn death and celebrate life.
Jun 30, 2023 • 43m
About This Show
Little Bird
As part of a racist government policy now known as the Sixties Scoop, Bezhig Little Bird is removed from her home in Long Pine Reserve in Saskatchewan and adopted into a Montréal Jewish family at the age of five, becoming Esther Rosenblum. Now in her 20s, Bezhig longs for the family she lost and is willing to sacrifice everything to find them.
Drama • TV Series • 2023
