Blood Memory

Prior to the creation of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, Native American children were at risk for adoption (or abduction) by the government, made to live in white and Christian boarding schools and homes. While the Act has helped, it hasn’t fully resolved the crisis. Blood Memory, a documentary directed by Point Park University grad Drew Nichols, explores this longstanding battle between a white government trying to assert its power and a people desperately trying to hold onto an identity that’s been repeatedly stolen from them. The film screens at Row House Cinema with a Q&A with Nichols to follow.