AMERICAN INDIAN ADOPTEES: Missing Threads Best Documentary award! #WICWA

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Missing Threads Best Documentary award! #WICWA

Adoptee Loa Porter (HoChunk)

One Native film, Missing Threads, was selected as the festival’s Best Documentary. The film chronicles the creation and passing of the Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act (WICWA). This important piece of state legislation has far-reaching implications, and sets an important precedent for all tribes as they navigate the sensitive subject of the foster care system and its impacts on Native children. According to the ABQfilmx website the film reinforces the significance of the "thread that connects a child to their culture, to their sense of self, home and belonging. When that thread is broken or missing, the individual and the culture suffer. Can the thread be mended? Can connection be restored? This documentary explores the pivotal influence of tribal culture and connection for Native children, and the negative impacts for the child, the family and tribal culture when that connection is missing."

More about this film is in the new anthology STOLEN GENERATIONS!

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