My Legacy follows Helen as she explores the often tenuous relationship between a mother and daughter made more complex by the legacy of residential school.

Struggling with the ability to be in a lasting relationship, Helen Haig-Brown begins to question where this lack of skill and inability to commit comes from. On her journey Helen discovers that we learn to bond, attach and love from our relationship with our mother. Legacy follows Helen as she explores the often tenuous relationship between a mother and daughter made more complex by the legacy of residential school.—Helen Haig-Brown

Struggling with the ability to be in a lasting relationship, Helen begins to question where this lack of skill and inability to commit come from. On her journey Helen discovers that we learn to bond, attach and love from our relationship with our mother. Through a colourful blend of live-action footage, animation and verite-style interviews, Helen confronts the troubled relationship with her mother Maria, a survivor of years of abuse in residential school. Through understanding her mother's own experience of trauma and disconnection that shaped her approach to motherhood, Helen finds forgiveness and healing of her own childhood with her mother. This healing lays to rest the mistrust, abandonment and feelings of worthlessness that many carry from the legacy of residential school.