Foster Child (1987)
Documentary • 0ч 43м
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.
TMDB rating:
5.0
(2)
Cast
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Gil Cardinal
Himself
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Don Cardinal
Himself
Crew
Jim Jeffrey
Director of Photography
Gerald K. Wilson
Sound Editor
Barry Jones
Mix Technician
Jerry Krepakevich
Producer
Tom Radford
Executive Producer
Alan Bibby
Other
Margaret Smith
Other
Gil Cardinal
Associate Editor
Graydon McCrea
Executive Producer
Gil Cardinal
Director
Alan Bibby
Editor
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