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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. Cardinal, who had been placed in 28 different homes during his 14 years in Alberta's child welfare system, hanged himself from a cross bar he had nailed between two trees near his last foster home, northwest of Edmonton.
Original Release
01/01/1986
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Cory Swan | Richard as a Young Boy |
David Mitchell | Diary Read by |
Pauline Kerik | Social Worker |
Betty Smith | Foster Mother |
Leslie Miller | Foster Father |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cory Swan | Richard as a Young Boy |
David Mitchell | Diary Read by |
Pauline Kerik | Social Worker |
Betty Smith | Foster Mother |
Leslie Miller | Foster Father |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Andy Thomson | Executive Producer |
Alanis Obomsawin | Producer |
Marrin Canell | Producer |
Robert Verrall | Producer |