Coming Home (Wanna Icipus Kupi)
Coming Home (Wanna Icipus Kupi) reveals the impacts of the Sixties Scoop and explores Indigenous resilience through narrative sovereignty; as lived by the Little Bird series’ Indigenous creatives, cast, crew & community members. Delivering a hard-hitting reality check for viewers unfamiliar with the Sixties Scoop, providing insight into the policies that were created to separate Indigenous children from their heritage, and the systems that continue to dismantle Indigenous families today.
Canada
English
Saskatchewan Premiere
Canadian Documentary - Long Form
- Director Erica Marie Daniels
- Writer Erica Marie Daniels & Kim Wheeler
- Cinematographer Larry Carey
- Producer Catherine Bainbridge, Jennifer Podemski, Ernest Webb, Linda Ludwick, Michelle van Beusekom, Tanya Brunel & Daniel Morin
- Editior Heidi Haines
- Music/Composer Wyler Wolf
- Themselves Wanbdi Wakita, Unkan (Grandfather) of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
- Themselves Chief Gordon Bluesky of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
- Themselves Zoe Hopkins, Director for Little Bird
- Themselves Dr. Raven Sinclair, Sixties Scoop Advisor
- Themselves Na’kuset, Story Consultant for Little Bird
- Themselves Jennifer Podemski, Co-Creator and Showrunner of Little Bird