A Place Between – The Story of an Adoption is a 2007 Canadian documentary film dealing with cross-cultural adoption and aboriginal life in Canada.[1] It was directed by Curtis Kaltenbaugh and produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
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| Directed by | Curtis Kaltenbaugh |
| Produced by | Joe MacDonald |
| Narrated by | Curtis Kaltenbaugh |
| Edited by | Kenneth George Godwin |
| Music by | Greg Lowe |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
Curtis and Ashok Kaltenbaugh were born in Manitoba and are of First Nations ancestry. After the 1980 death of their younger brother, at the ages of 7 and 4 respectively, they were removed from the custody of their birth mother and placed for adoption with a middle-class white family living in Pennsylvania. The film chronicles their search for identity and the meeting of their adoptive and birth families.[2]
The film won the Best Public Service award at the 2007 American Indian Film Festival.[3] It was a nominee for the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political documentary at the 23rd Gemini Awards in 2008.[4]