Unloved: Huronia's Forgotten Children
Unloved: Huronia's Forgotten Children
| 03 May 2022 (USA)
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For most of her early life, filmmaker Barri Cohen knew her immediate family to consist of her parents, two brothers and half-sister. But one day, in a moment of emotional disclosure, her father revealed the existence of two more siblings. Cohen never knew her half-brothers Alfred and Louis, who were dropped off as toddlers at the Huronia Regional Centre, a now-closed hospital and home for children with developmental disabilities. In the wake of a successful class-action lawsuit, Cohen is finally able "to peel back the half-truths and secrets" around her two now-deceased siblings. Speaking to the families and survivors of the centre, she pieces together the story of her brothers' lives through shocking stories of abuse, humiliation and trauma. But these interviews also provide hope and light, as the survivors support each other in their battle for recognition and healing.

Reviews
Doomtomylo

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

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Alistair Olson

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

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Stephanie

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Philippa

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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