Foster Child

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.

Country:

Canada

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

43 minutes

Year:

1987

Director:

Gil Cardinal

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Company:

ONF | NFB

Cast:

Himself

Himself

Crew:

Producer

Sound Editor

Mix Technician

Other

Executive Producer