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Surviving Eugenics
Overview
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.
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Cast
Leilani Muir
Self
Rob Wilson
Self
Judy Lytton
Self
Roy Skoreyko
Self
Ken Nelson
Self
Glenn Sinclair
Self
Jon Faulds
Self
Lesley Cormack
Self
Sandra Anderson
Self
David Thomas King
Self
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