Little Bird

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2023-05-26

Last Air Date: 2023-06-30

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Jennifer Podemski, Hannah Moscovitch

Networks: Crave, APTN lumi

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Top Cast

Darla Contois as Esther Rosenblum / Bezhig Little Bird
Lisa Edelstein as Golda Rosenblum
Ellyn Jade as Patti Little Bird
Braeden Clarke as Leo Little Bird
Imajyn Cardinal as Dora Little Bird
Joshua Odjick as Henry / Niizh Little Bird
Eric Schweig as Asin
Michelle Thrush as Brigit
Osawa Muskwa as Morris Little Bird
Alanna Bale as Adele

Seasons

Limited Series (2023)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Love is all Around (2023-05-26)

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.
Ep. 2: So Put Together (2023-06-02)

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.
Ep. 3: The Land that Takes You (2023-06-09)

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.
Ep. 4: Burning Down the House (2023-06-16)

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.
Ep. 5: I Want My Mom (2023-06-23)

When tragedy strikes, Esther realizes that she needs her adoptive mother, Golda, more than anything.
Ep. 6: Bineshe Kwe (2023-06-30)

After much love and sorrow, the Little Bird family come together to mourn death and celebrate life.