Dawnland
2018, English. Directed by Adam Mazo & Ben Pender-Cudlip.
A documentary about cultural survival and stolen children
They were forced to assimilate into white society: children ripped away from their families, depriving them of their culture and erasing their identities. Can reconciliation help heal the scars from childhoods lost? "Dawnland" is the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the US through the nation's first-ever government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission, which investigated the devastating impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on the Wabanaki people.
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- 1h 26m
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Dawnland runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Dawnland isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 June 2018. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Dawnland?
Dawnland (2018) was directed by Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip.