Movie Details
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Andy Thomson
Production Companies:ONF NFB
Richard Cardinal Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child on the Web:Official Website
Richard Cardinal Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
29 minDocumentary
This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal a Métis 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