Foster Child

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Gil Cardinal

Himself

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Don Cardinal

Himself

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Crew

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