Foster Child (1987)
HD 43m Released
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
- Type
- Movie
- Original title
- Foster Child
- Released
- 1987-03-08
- Runtime
- 43m
- Status
- Released
- Director
- Gil Cardinal
- Country
- Canada
- Quality
- HD
- Production
- ONF | NFB
- Language
- Cree
