A Place Between - The Story of an Adoption

20071 h 14 min 15 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Curtis Kaltenbaugh

Production: Joe MacDonaldGraydon McCreaMichael ScottDerek Mazur

Script: Curtis Kaltenbaugh

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

A Place Between - The Story of an Adoption is a dramatic story of the reconciliation between biological and adoptive families. But much more than that, it is the journey of a cross-cultural adoptee who struggles to find balance between his families' different ethnicities and traditions and to discover how and where he fits into each world.

Following the tragic death of their younger brother in 1980, Curtis Kaltenbaugh, 7, and his brother Ashok, 4, were removed from their birth mother's care in Manitoba and adopted into a white, middle-class family in Pennsylvania. This film follows Curtis' struggle with his biological family's turbulent history and observes what happens when his biological and adoptive families finally meet.

Subject categories


  • Children and Youth > Adoption and Foster CareIndigenous Youth
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > ChildrenCultural IdentityFamily Life
  • Media Education > Documentary Film
  • Indigenous Studies > History/PoliticsIdentity/SocietyIssues and Contemporary Challenges

Credits


writer
Curtis Kaltenbaugh
director
Curtis Kaltenbaugh
editor
Kenneth George Godwin
narrator
Curtis Kaltenbaugh
camera
Keith Eidse
Kenneth George Godwin
Andrew Lee
Fred Mislawchuk
Claude Savard
location sound recordist
Jay Garuk
Marvin Polanski
original music
Greg Lowe
narration recording
Howard Rissin
sound editor
Howard Rissin
online editor
Tony Wytinck
re-recording mixer
Howard Rissin
production coordinator
Monique Perron
Rolande Petit
program administrator
Cyndi Forcand
marketing manager
Leslie Stafford
transcripts
Patricia Garry
production supervisor
Scott Collins
producer
Joe MacDonald
executive producer
Graydon McCrea
Michael Scott
Derek Mazur

Awards


  • Best Public Service AwardAnnual American Indian Film Festival