Amy Berg, the Oscar nominated director of “Deliver Us From Evil”, a documentary of a pedophile priest, is now developing her first narrative feature film. Berg is collaborating with screenwriter Micky Levy on this project, which will be based on the true story of a girl who was taken from her family by the government.

Berg first met the woman (who wishes to remain anonymous) in 2002 when she was an investigative reporter for CNN. CNN, however, wasn’t interested in airing Berg’s segment with the woman. And now, several years later, she still hasn’t forgotten about the injustices experienced by the woman and wants to bring them to the big screen. Berg recently purchased the rights to the woman’s life story, and has begun working on the project.

The project will tell the story of the Yupi’K American Indian girl who as taken from her Alaskan family in the 1960’s by the US government, and was then sent to a series of foster care homes in a government sponsored “Americanization” campaign.

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