Foster Child

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 8, 1987

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

Canada

Production

ONF,NFB

Cast

Gil Cardinal,Don Cardinal

Director

Gil Cardinal

Producer

Tom Radford,Jerry Krepakevich,Graydon McCrea

Cinematography

Jim Jeffrey

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0225786