
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.Status: | Released (1987-03-08) |
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Productions: | ONF | NFB |
Production Countries: | Canada |
Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 1282404: Jim Jeffrey - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1773058: Alan Bibby - Editor - Editing
- 1773057: Tom Radford - Executive Producer - Production
- 1476576: Gil Cardinal - Associate Editor - Editing
- 1773063: Gerald K. Wilson - Sound Editor - Sound
- 1773058: Alan Bibby - Other - Sound
- 1476576: Gil Cardinal - Director - Directing
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