Back in 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. This documentary follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from their parent’s care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicised, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses newsreel footage, home movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
016620
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Home movies and video
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Feature films → Feature films - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Births, Multiple
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)