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Title Richard Cardinal : cry from the diary of a Metis Child / National Film Board of Canada ; director/script, Alanis Obomsawin
Published Montreal, QC : National Film Board of Canada, 1986

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Description 1 online resource (30 min.)
Summary This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Metis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the age of 4 due to family problems, he spent the rest of his 17 short years moving in and out of 28 foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta. A sensitive, articulate young man, Richard Cardinal left behind a diary upon which this film is based
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2016)
In English
Subject Cardinal, Richard, 1966-1984.
SUBJECT Cardinal, Richard, 1966-1984. fast (OCoLC)fst00148440
Subject Child abuse -- Alberta
Child welfare -- Alberta
Foster children.
Métis -- Alberta -- Child abuse
Child abuse.
Child welfare.
Foster children.
Alberta.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Obomsawin, Alanis, director, producer, screenwriter
Verrall, Robert Alan, producer
Canell, Marrin, producer
National Film Board of Canada, publisher.