Foster Child
1987•43m•5.0•Released
Documentary
Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child. An important figure in the history of Canadian Indigenous filmmaking, Gil Cardinal was born to a Métis mother but raised by a non-Indigenous foster family, and with this auto-biographical documentary he charts his efforts to find his biological mother and to understand why he was removed from her. Considered a milestone in documentary cinema, it addressed the country’s internal colonialism in a profoundly personal manner, winning a Special Jury Prize at Banff and multiple international awards.
Director
Gil Cardinal
Languages
Cree, English
Studio
ONF | NFB
Cast
Gil Cardinal
Himself
Don Cardinal
Himself
Production
Company
ONF | NFB
Producer
Jerry Krepakevich
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