Foster Child 1987
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Watch Foster Child (1987) : Full Movie Online Free 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.
- Released: Mar 08, 1987
- Runtime: 43 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Gil Cardinal, Don Cardinal
- Production Company: ONF | NFB
