
Documentary Showing of Daughter Of A Lost Bird
Sat, Apr 09
|Open Space Event Studios
Open Space is happy to welcome Deschutes Public Library for a Documentary Film Showing of Daughter Of A Lost Bird.


Time & Location
Apr 09, 2022, 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Open Space Event Studios , 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR 97701, USA
About This Event
View the documentary Daughter of a Lost Bird at Open Space Event Studios.
This is an in-person program. Masks are recommended at all in-person library events.
Synopsis courtesy of Women Make Movies: The documentary Daughter of a Lost Bird follows Kendra, an adult Native adoptee, as she reconnects with her birth family, discovers her Lummi heritage, and confronts issues of her own identity. Her singular story echoes many affected by the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Indian Adoption Project.
The documentary Daughter of a Lost Bird explores ethics surrounding Native American adoption via a singular story as an entry point into a more complicated national issue. In many ways, Kendra Potter is a perfect example of cultural assimilation, a modern representation of the painful phrase, "kill the Indian, save the man." She is a thriving woman who grew up in a loving, upper middle-class white family, and feels…