Foster Child

Foster Child

1987
43m
3.0

3.0/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
ONF | NFB
Production Countries
Canada
Spoken Languages
Cree English

Quick Facts

Release Date March 8, 1987
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0225786

Cast

Gil Cardinal
Gil Cardinal

Himself

Don Cardinal
Don Cardinal

Himself

Key Crew

Jerry Krepakevich
Producer
Tom Radford
Executive Producer
Graydon McCrea
Executive Producer
Gil Cardinal
Director