Birth of a Family (2025)★ 7.1/10
Meadowlarks
- Drama
Directed by: Tasha Hubbard
Written by: Tasha Hubbard, Emil Sher
Four siblings, torn apart by the Sixties Scoop, reunite for one week.
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FlemishCatOctober 7, 2025
FlemishCatOctober 7, 2025Another masterpiece by Tasha Hubbard!
Meadowlarks, inspired by the 2017 NFB documentary Birth of a Family, was extremely convincing as a drama.
Tasha and her co-writer were very creative, they did not copy the characters of the documentary. They created entirely new characters to reflect a diversity of lived experiences by Sixties Scoop surivors. Of course, I was fond of the Flemish character in the film, who in the script lives in Antwerp, Belgium.
The actors, particularly Michael Greyeyes, were convincing. And the film is not a sob story. Despite the cruel background of Canadian history, there was a lot of humour in the film, which audiences at the 2025 Vancouver Int'l Film Festival appreciated by audible laughter.
I will remain a fan of Tasha Hubbard's oevre.
__VIFF 2025 film No. 4--
Meadowlarks, inspired by the 2017 NFB documentary Birth of a Family, was extremely convincing as a drama.
Tasha and her co-writer were very creative, they did not copy the characters of the documentary. They created entirely new characters to reflect a diversity of lived experiences by Sixties Scoop surivors. Of course, I was fond of the Flemish character in the film, who in the script lives in Antwerp, Belgium.
The actors, particularly Michael Greyeyes, were convincing. And the film is not a sob story. Despite the cruel background of Canadian history, there was a lot of humour in the film, which audiences at the 2025 Vancouver Int'l Film Festival appreciated by audible laughter.
I will remain a fan of Tasha Hubbard's oevre.
__VIFF 2025 film No. 4--
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Mark MeredithOctober 6, 2025
Mark MeredithOctober 6, 2025Best "small" movie I have seen in a long time - "small" in the sense of small cast, small production costs ... but truly outstanding portrayal of a family shattered by Settler authorities in the 60s Scoop, and how they succeed in starting to recapture their stolen heritage. For a Settler-ancestry viewer, while I have some knowledge of this period, the film makes it so much more real and personal. Absolutely worth seeing.