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1986 29 min. Richard Cardinal died by his own hand at the age of 17, having spent most of his life in a string of foster homes and shelters across Alberta. In this short documentary, Abenaki director Alanis Obomsawin weaves excerpts from Richard’s diary into a powerful tribute to his short life.
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Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child is a 1986 National Film Board of Canada documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, about the suicide of Métis youth Richard Stanley Cardinal, who killed himself in 1984 at the age of 17.
15. Okt. 2019 · 188. 15K views 4 years ago. Richard Cardinal died by his own hand at the age of 17, having spent most of his life in a string of foster homes and shelters across Alberta. In this short...
- 29 Min.
- 16K
- NFB
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child: Directed by Alanis Obomsawin. With Cory Swan, David Mitchell, Pauline Kerik, Betty Smith. Obomsawin's prescient 1986 film is a powerful tribute and an indictment of the mistreatment of Indigenous children by Canada's child welfare system.
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- Documentary, Short
- Alanis Obomsawin
- 1986
29. Apr. 2010 · RICHARD CARDINAL: CRY FROM A DIARY OF A METIS CHILD | IsumaTV. Uploaded by: NFB. 29 April 2010. 39000 views. Synopsis: A moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984.
Synopsis. Richard Cardinal died by his own hand at the age of 17, having spent most of his life in a string of foster homes and shelters across Alberta. In this short documentary, Abenaki director Alanis Obomsawin weaves excerpts from Richard’s diary into a powerful tribute to his short life.
Released in 1984—decades before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission—the film exposed the systemic neglect and mistreatment of Indigenous children in Canada’s child welfare system. Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 1986 American Indian Film Festival, the film screened at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2008 as part of an ...
