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Surviving Eugenics is a documentary about the history and ongoing significance of eugenics. Anchored by survivor narratives from the province of Alberta in Canada, which had eugenic sterilization actively in place until 1972, Surviving Eugenics provides a unique insiders' view of life in institutions for the 'feeble-minded', and raises broader questions about disability, human variation, and contemporary social policies.
Virginie, a charming young woman, has an appointment with a friend recently rediscovered on Facebook. In the cafe, a young man, Leonard takes advantage of her falsified delay of the appointment to approach her. What may seem like a simple attempt at seduction may be a more Machiavellian strategy. Leonard was once Leonore and Virginie's lover.
Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place kids in the foster system and kickstart a movement in the process.
