Foster Child (1987)

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Watch Full Foster Child (1987) : HD Free Movie 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.
Release Date	:	Mar 08, 1987
Runtime	:	43 minutes
Genres	:	Documentary
Production Company	:	ONF \| NFB
Production Countries	:	Canada
Casts	:	Gil Cardinal, Don Cardinal
Plot Keywords	:	canada, indigenous, foster child, biological mother, first nations, aboriginal, short film