Butterbox Babies

On the surface, Lila Young (Susan Clark) and her husband William (Peter MacNeill) are devout Christians pursuing their calling of helping young, unwed expectant mothers deliver their babies at the Ideal Maternity Home in East Chester, Nova Scotia during the 1930s and 1940s. The medical community, however, is very skeptical about the safety of the procedures being conducted by Lila and the care being given to babies born at the Home. Skepticism soon becomes intense scrutiny when a routine delivery results in the death of a young mother and her baby. Desperate to continue their work and prove they are doing God's work, the Youngs start selling healthy babies to wealthy, childless couples. The babies that are born premature or unhealthy are poorly cared for and unceremoniously buried in wooden butter boxes if they die. The Youngs are out of business at the end of this shocking true story, but their years of illegally selling and burying babies makes it impossible to determine the extent of their atrocities to this day.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 68121
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide January 1, 1995
  • Runtime 94 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country Canada
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages English
  • Production Company CBC Studios Kevin Sullivan Production Sullivan Entertainment
  • Production Countries Canada
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