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Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child Tribute to an adolescent who committed suicide after moving in and out of 28 foster homes. This film deals with mature subject matter.
A tribute to the short life of Mètis child Richard Cardinal, who killed himself at the age of only 17 after years of moving through foster homes and s…
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Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child. 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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A moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. He had been taken from his home at the age of four because of family problems, and spent the rest of his seventeen short years moving in and out of twenty-eight foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta. A sensitive, articulate young man, Richard ...
There are some films that haunt and never leave. Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child is one of them.It starts with his words, words he wrote in his journals as he tried to make sense and meaning of being a foster child within the so called child protection agencies that have let so many of our children experience the most horrific lives.
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.
