Foster Child
1987, English. Directed by Gil Cardinal.
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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- 0h 43m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- 8 March 1987
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Who directed Foster Child?
Foster Child (1987) was directed by Gil Cardinal and stars Gil Cardinal, Don Cardinal.