BRUNSWICK — “First Light,” a free documentary short and discussion will be shown on Monday from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick on Middle Street.

The film exposes how generations of Native American children in Maine have been forcibly removed from their families and culture and documents the work of the Maine Wabanaki-State Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which concluded that the Native people in Maine continue to be targets of “cultural genocide.”

The commission was the first task force in U.S. history to investigate issues important to Native Americans, and one of the first in the world to examine the issue of Native child welfare. The commission was formed to reveal the truth about the State of Maine’s Department of Human Service’s disproportionate removal of Wabanaki children from their homes and placement in foster or adoptive care.

Upstander Project director and film co-director Adam Mazo, along with Upstander learning director, Dr. Mishy Lesser, will facilitate questions and discussion about the filming process, as well as the formation and findings of the truth and reconciliation commission. For more information on this event, call (207) 891-0218.