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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Gil Cardinal, Don Cardinal
Crew: Jim Jeffrey (Director of Photography), Gil Cardinal (Director), Jerry Krepakevich (Producer), Graydon McCrea (Executive Producer), Tom Radford (Executive Producer), Alan Bibby (Editor)
Country: Canada
Language: English
Studio: ONF | NFB
Runtime: 43 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 08, 1987
IMDb: 8
