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The day my children were taken.
I'm a good mother.
I'm strong. Keep it together.
I'm a good mother.
Go on.
All rise. Judge Fleming presiding.
Welcome.
Counsel.
Thank you, Your Honour.
Leading up to the removal of the Little Bird children,
the social workers who were present noted
a number of signs of neglect,
including inadequate food,
unfit living conditions,
and a sick child kept in a crawlspace
under the floor as a part of some type of punishment.
What's the recommendation, Counsel?
My recommendation is that the children
who are now in foster care and thriving
become permanent wards of the Crown and be given
a fair chance of integration into Canadian society.
Will the representative
of the Little Bird family corroborate?
Thank you kindly, Counsel.
I can confirm
that this report is accurate and true
and matches my notes on the situation that we found.
I would like to add that the father is
no longer in the picture.
The mother is all alone.
Therefore, I am in full support of Counsel's recommendation.
Can you confirm that the children are thriving in foster care?
Oh, yes. And there has been significant interest
in all three children from very good homes
who are looking to adopt.
This court finds that it's in the best interest
of the children that they become permanent wards of the Crown.
Thank you, Counsel.
All rise!
- I... I have this to say. - It's over.
Hi, sweetheart. Come here.
Give me a hug. Ohhh!
- How was your day? - Cool.
Where did you find this ball?
Next door?
Oh! Who's winning?
Oh-ho-ho!
Did you follow me to my house?
Well, I thought that maybe you might
talk to me in a less formal setting.
You can't come to my home!
Look, I wouldn't normally do this,
but I felt like you were about to say something...
- I can't help you. - I know,
but I know this isn't how this is supposed to go.
But what if your daughter never got to meet your son?
I just don't understand what harm
you or child protective services think it would do.
Come back to the office, and I'll check with legal.
Legal isn't gonna release any of my information.
Look, I need to get lunch on.
Wait. Please.
In case you remember something...
Do not come to my house again.
Go inside.
Bezhig?
Bezhig, I need you.
Do you have sense of where Dora might be?
I haven't seen her in five years now.
She ran off.
You... you didn't report it to the police?
She didn't run away from home.
She was kicked out.
Where are you?
Ah, you're hurting me!
Stop moving then. Geez!
I love your costume.
It's not a costume.
I was beginning to think that we were the only Natives
at this hotel. Are you here for the pow-wow?
Me? No.
I mean, I would have loved to, but...
- Where are you from? - Montreal.
Hahaha! No, where are you from?
I'm not really sure.
Well, say no more. I'm Cliff.
Esther.
But also... Bezhig?
Bezhig? Oh, Bezhig?
That means "number one" in Ojibwe.
Ojibwe?
- Where are they from? - We come from all over the place.
We spread like wildfire.
Cliff! Come help me with these bags!
I'm gonna dance for you, Bezhig.
Hi. I'm hoping you can help me.
I'm looking for any public document or record
to help me find my sister.
It's 13.55.
Esther Rosenblum?
Here's your girl.
Excuse me.
I need any phone number or address
associated with these charges.
Well, I can't be giving out personal information.
Okay, sure.
Can you please call
any phone number associated with these charges and...
just ask my sister if she wants me to have her number?
"Officer called to the scene
on an assault charge."
No phone number.
"819, Attley Street, apartment 108."
Be careful, it's a rough area.
- I'll be fine. - Sure.
Anybody home?
Who are you looking for?
Oh, hi. Uh, Dora Mueller?
Oh, heck.
You're about two years too late.
She didn't die or nothing.
She moved.
Well, do you have any idea where she might be?
Why don't you come in. I made some tea.
Have a seat!
Sure.
You like that?
Hmm. It's beautiful.
I've had that a long time.
Thank you.
And there's my grandkids.
You're not from around here, eh?
No. Not really.
That's okay.
Oh, thank you.
My name is Esther by the way.
Hmm. Val.
So, you knew Dora?
That depends. Who's asking?
- She's my sister. - Really?
Hard to believe, I know.
I got this address from the police actually.
That's no surprise.
Well, do you know what happened?
Why the police were called?
It's not my place, but...
there was this guy.
He is a real loser.
He's jealous.
He didn't like her working the street,
so he tried to rough her up.
So, she beat the crap out of him.
She threw his stuff out the window.
It was hilarious. You should have seen it.
She didn't take crap from nobody, that girl.
Wow.
Well, do you have any idea where I might find her?
Oy.
I haven't seen her since she moved out.
You could try the outreach centre.
A lot of the girls go there.
It's just over on Albert,
- about 10 blocks from here. - Thank you.
- I really appreciate your help. - Well, that's good.
And this tea.
Oh, my girl, look at that!
- Holy! - Haha!
That's bigger than a snowball in the bush in winter.
Hey, who gave you this one, lucky girl?
His name is David.
Aaah...
Is he nice?
- Yeah. - Oh. Well, that's good.
It's always nice to have a sweet guy in your life.
... seen the look on his ugly fucking face.
Dana, the nurse is ready for you and Jeannetta now.
Can I help you?
Oh! Yes.
I'm looking for my sister.
Dora Mueller.
Oh... These girls know her. Hey.
She's looking for Dora.
She's my sister.
- Get the fuck out of town! - Didn't know Dora had a sister.
Oh, my God, you look just like her.
- You know her? - Are you kidding?
Dora's my girl.
Fuck off, she's my girl too.
Well, do you have any sense of where she might be?
She usually comes around here on Fridays.
That was for her class, but I think that's done.
She's getting her GED. I can't fucking keep track of her.
Wasn't she picking up shifts at that weird place with the pool tables?
Ronnie's?
- No, Eddy's. - Yeah, Eddy's.
Not sure if she has any more, though.
It's like two blocks that way.
You okay, honey? Are you okay, honey?
Yes. Thank you for your help.
Bezhig?
Yeah.
Thank you, Sister.
What can I get you?
May I get a glass of red wine, please?
Yeah, I think we got wine back here somewhere.
Thank you.
Excuse me?
Are you Dora Mueller?
What do you want?
I've been looking for you.
Well, who the fuck are you?
I'm your sister.
I went to child protective services,
and they gave me your name.
- They said you were looking for family. - Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah. - I'm Bezhig.
Holy shit! Holy shit!
Oh, my God!
This whole time, I was like,
"I know I have a sister out there somewhere."
I didn't know if I was making it up or what.
Where have you been?
Where the fuck have you been?
Look so fancy.
You are so pregnant.
Yes. Yeah, I'm pregnant.
Holy fuck!
Hahahaha!
My sister Bezhig.
This is your car?
Well, no, it's a rental.
Okay, cool.
Okay...
So, are you rich or something?
No. Not compared to the people who are really rich.
You look so good.
Thanks. What did you think I'd look like?
I mean, I didn't know what to think.
I had to find you through the police,
and I saw some charges.
And I just got worried.
Don't assume shit about me just 'cause you read some fucking file.
- You don't know me! - Sorry.
I didn't mean to offend you.
I'm just really happy to find you.
That's all.
So what now?
Can we start over?
I was rude, and...
I shouldn't have made assumptions about you.
Do you always talk like that?
Are you a teacher or something?
A lawyer.
Well, not yet but soon.
Holy, just a lawyer? Haha!
Jesus Christ!
No wonder you thought I was all fucking down-and-out.
Hahahaha! Geez.
I'm just kidding, fuck.
Do you wanna come to my mansion
and meet my man or... what?
If we stay around here much longer, people are gonna
think we're fucking dealing or some shit.
- Sure. - Yeah, let's go.
You should probably put your seatbelt on.
Why, 'cause it's the law?
Oh, take a left up here.
Okay.
Anywhere here is fine.
So, Eddy seemed like a nice place.
No, it's not. It's fucking gross.
But he pays me under the table,
so I can still collect my welfare cheques.
Okay. Great.
Come in. Over here.
Wow.
It's a cute little house... in a nice neighbourhood.
Baby? Guess what.
- Hey. - Hey.
- What, you're pregnant? - Yeah.
Baby, um, this is my sister.
Wow!
- Shit! Oh! - Hahaha!
Okay. Uh... I'm Doug.
- Esther. - Good to meet you.
Wow!
I don't even know what to say. Uh...
I know.
Well, sister, uh,
come have a seat. Can I take your jacket?
Oh, yeah, sure.
- Thank you. - Yeah, no problem.
- Thank you. - Uh...
- Baby, you need anything? - Uh, just a water, please.
- Okay. - Thank you.
So, I put my name in the child protective services,
like, um, four years ago,
you know, for family and, um...
I wasn't even looking looking.
Um... I just needed a place to stay.
- Here she is. - Yeah, you ordered her up.
Yeah.
Hoho! Oh, man,
even baby thought that was funny.
- Haha! - She's doing somersaults.
Feel.
Baby girl, it's your auntie, Bezhig.
Hahaha!
Man, I didn't even think this baby would have any aunties.
I met your adoptive family.
What?
Well, it was one of the first places
I went to, you know, try to find you.
Your mom seemed cold, but your brother seemed nice.
Fuck them.
Yeah, I got the sense it didn't really go well with them.
It doesn't matter.
They didn't win.
Seems like Dora hit the jackpot with you for an older sister.
Maybe you becoming a lawyer and all that.
I don't know about that.
This girl,
let me tell you something,
you hit the jackpot too.
Come on, stop.
For real though. The way you pulled yourself up,
like getting your GED and all that.
Hope it's okay to say, but when I first met her,
she was this scrappy little angry ball.
Now you put your hand
on her shoulder, she'd jump like a stray cat.
She's been through a lot.
But there ain't nothing keeping her down,
ain't that right, Mom?
I'm sorry you had to go through all that.
It made me stronger.
Working my way up to own my own restaurant
and working shifts for whoever will put me on the schedule,
you know.
It's tough pulling gigs when you got a record.
Yeah, well, you're a great cook,
so I don't see why it won't work out.
Getting tired, Mama?
Yeah.
I am so happy that we met.
I've been staring
at these photos that your brother gave me just...
not sure if I'd find you.
Oh. And your brother wanted me to tell you that he misses you
and he thinks about you a lot.
- Fuck this. Fucking done. - What?
Doug, tell her to go the fuck home!
What? I'm... I'm sorry. I...
- Shit, she's gonna be fine. - I don't know what I said.
- I don't know what happened. - It's gonna be fine,
no worries.
Just leave me your number.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
It's okay, it is. She... she'll come around.
It's only me.
Doing your homework?
- I'm gettin' it done. - Yeah.
Where... where are Mom and Dad?
Just in the basement, uh...
Just watching TV. They... they can't hear.
Can I see that?
You have on lipstick.
No, no, no. That's...
It looks really good.
Really good.
He's your brother!
Your brother!
Please!
Out! Get out!
Out where?
Stop it! Mom!
You're a whore!
Mom! Let me in! Mom!
Please let get me get my stuff!
Mom!
- Hi. - Hello.
This is Adele Halpern calling.
Hello?
Yes?
You're still in town?
Yes.
How long will you be here?
I'm not sure.
I was just thinking.
If you were still here and you wanted to... sightsee,
You should go to the Qu'Appelle Valley.
The scenery is absolutely gorgeous.
It's not to be missed.
Thank you.
Mrs. Halpern?
I recommend visiting Long Pine Reserve.
The views over the valley are just spectacular.
Thank you, thank you. I...
Take all the time you need.
Can you hear me, son?
Morris, talk to me, son.
Say something.
Dad?
I tried, Morris.
I tried.
I'm so sorry.
AAAAH!
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