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RICHARD CARDINAL CRI ENFANT METIS [1 record]

Record 1 1995-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
  • Social Problems
OBS

Film produced in 1986 by the National Film Board of Canada. A moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a seventeen-year-old Metis boy who committed suicide in 1984. Richard had been taken from his home when he was four because of family problems; he spent the next 13 years moving in and out of 28 foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta. A sensitive, articulate young man, Richard left behind a diary upon which this film is based.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

Film produit en 1986 par l'Office national du film. Enlevé de son foyer à l'âge de quatre ans, à cause de problèmes familiaux, Richard Cardinal, un Métis, s'est suicidé en 1984 à l'âge de dix-sept ans. Pendant sa vie il a changé vingt-huit fois de domicile, sans jamais trouver la stabilité et le bonheur. Le film nous présente des extraits de son journal intime, accompagnés du témoignage de son frère, de quelques-uns de ses parents nourriciers et de travailleurs sociaux qui l'ont connu.

Spanish

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