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• Title:Richard Cardinal : cry from a diary of a Métis child / A National Film Board production.
  
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• Variant Title:Cry from a diary of a Métis child
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Obomsawin, Alanis.
  Verrall, Robert Alan.
  Canell, Marrin.
  National Film Board of Canada.
  
• Published/Created:[Montreal] : National Film Board of Canada, ©1986.
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY videosWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: E98.C5 R424 1986 dvd
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cardinal, Richard, 1966-1984.
  Indians of North America--Alberta.
  Suicide.
  Métis--Alberta.
  Child welfare--Alberta.
  
• Description:1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  
• Credits:Producers, Alanis Obomsawin, Marrin Canell, Robert Verrall ; writer/director, Alanis Obomsawin ; editor, Rita Roy ; camera, Roger Rochat ; music, Dario Dominques.
  
• Cast:Cory Swan, Pauline Kerik, Betty Smith, Leslie Miller.
  Diary read by David Mitchell.
  
• Summary:Cardinal killed himself at the age of 17 after spending 13 years being shifted through a series of 28 different foster homes and shelters, often separated from his brothers and sisters. His death and the diary he left behind captured media attention and prompted reform of Alberta's child welfare system.
  
• Notes:DVD video.