US Premiere
16:50 m / Live Action Short / Canada
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Laemmle Music Hall | 1:00pm to 2:30pm | Program One
Shortly after being placed with a new foster family, Tom and Claire, two young Indigenous siblings are forced to confront the realities of their situation as a dark secret threatens to tear them apart forever. Taken Home is a film about the inability of Indigenous youth to maintain a connection to their culture and identity while in the foster care system and the effects this institution can have on the children forced into it.
Director: Jonathan Elliott
Cast: Austin Silversmith, Sarah Swerid, Monica Knox, Lisa Kovack, John-Riley O’Handley
Screenwriter: Jonathan Elliott
Producer: Jonathan Elliott, Erica Orofino
Includes a post screening Q&A with the director (s)