杏吧原创

Born to a 惭茅迟颈蝉 mother and raised by a non-Indigenous foster family, the late Gil Cardinal was a groundbreaking filmmaker who embodied the complicated history of Canada鈥檚 Indigenous Peoples. His body of work includes NFB releases like聽The Spirit Within聽and聽David with F.A.S., along with big-budget TV projects like聽滨苍诲颈补苍听Summer: The Oka Crisis. “Gil made it possible for us to think about putting our own stories on the screen鈥攁nd that was something new and important,鈥� says writer and broadcaster Jesse Wente, the former Director of Canada鈥檚 Indigenous Screen Office. Cardinal鈥檚 autobiographical聽Foster Child (1987) is considered a landmark of Indigenous cinema.