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1987 43 min
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Né d'une mère métisse, Gil Cardinal grandit dans une famille d'accueil non autochtone. Cette personnalité marquante de l'histoire du cinéma autochtone au Canada rend compte, dans ce document autobiographique, des démarches effectuées en vue de retrouver sa mère biologique et de comprendre les motifs de leur séparation. Considéré comme un jalon du cinéma documentaire, le film aborde la question du colonialisme interne du pays sous un angle profondément persoonel.

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Né d'une mère métisse, Gil Cardinal grandit dans une famille d'accueil non autochtone. Cette personnalité marquante de l'histoire du cinéma autochtone au Canada rend compte, dans ce document autobiographique, des démarches effectuées en vue de retrouver sa mère biologique et de comprendre les motifs de leur séparation. Considéré comme un jalon du cinéma documentaire, le film aborde la question du colonialisme interne du pays sous un angle profondément persoonel.

Families Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Social Issues All subjects
  • direction
    Gil Cardinal
  • producer
    Jerry Krepakevich
  • executive producer
    Tom Radford
    Graydon McCrea

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Education

Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
Family Studies/Home Economics - Family Diversity and Challenges Indigenous Studies - Identity/Society
Get students' opinions about whether they think that Gil's mother gave him up for the right reasons. Do you agree she was being unselfish in doing so? In the student's community, find out where a woman could go to give up her child. See if there are places that could help a single mother financially and with shelter if she wanted to keep her child. Ask students to imagine if they were a foster or an adoptive parent. If the child were from another culture living with them, would they educate the child so that it knew about its culture? Use the following link to see moments of people reacting to finding a lost family member.

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