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An intimate look into Demers family's experience raising children while dealing with the societal stigmas around disabilities and the consequences of Alberta's forgotten experiment in eugenics.
Top billed cast
- Réal DemersSelf
- Blandine DemersSelf
- Diane DemersSelf (archive)
Carter HessSelf (voice)
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