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.
Director: Gil Cardinal
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Gil Cardinal as Himself |
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Don Cardinal as Himself |
| Camera | Jim Jeffrey | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alan Bibby | Editor |
| Production | Tom Radford | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Gil Cardinal | Associate Editor |
| Sound | Gerald K. Wilson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Alan Bibby | Other |
| Directing | Gil Cardinal | Director |
| Crew | Barry Jones | Mix Technician |
| Production | Jerry Krepakevich | Producer |
| Production | Graydon McCrea | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Margaret Smith | Other |
