Foster Child (1987)
Foster Child (1987)
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.

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Gil Cardinal Gil Cardinal As: Himself
Don Cardinal Don Cardinal As: Himself
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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.


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Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 08 March 1987

Country: CA

Runtime: 43m

Company Credits

Company: ONF | NFB

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Production Crew

Jerry Krepakevich

Jerry Krepakevich

Producer

Graydon McCrea

Graydon McCrea

Executive Producer

Tom Radford

Tom Radford

Executive Producer

Edited By

Alan Bibby

Alan Bibby

Editor

Gil Cardinal

Gil Cardinal

Associate Editor

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Camera

Jim Jeffrey

Jim Jeffrey

Director of Photography

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Other Crew

Barry Jones

Barry Jones

Mix Technician

Margaret Smith

Margaret Smith

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