Gil Cardinal Movies

Tikinagan is a no-holds-barred account of the difficulties along the path to Native self-determination. Tikinagan is the Ojiubway word for...

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Three native Canadians find a boy on the side of a highway who had been struck by a speeding driver.

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Cast: Jimmy Herman

This short film traces Pete Standing Alone's personal journey from cultural alienation to pride and belonging. As a spiritual elder, teacher and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pete Standing Alone

This short film traces Pete Standing Alone's personal journey from cultural alienation to pride and belonging. As a spiritual elder, teacher and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pete Standing Alone

This feature-length documentary traces the journey of the Haisla people to reclaim the G'psgolox totem pole that went missing from their British...

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Over the course of a decade Brooks, Alberta, transformed from a socially conservative, primarily white town to one of the most diverse places in...

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This feature-length documentary traces the journey of the Haisla people to reclaim the G'psgolox totem pole that went missing from their British...

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Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child. An important figure...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gil Cardinal

Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child. An important figure...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gil Cardinal

This short documentary tells the intensely personal story of Namrata Gill – one of the many real-life inspirations for Deepa Mehta’s...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Namrata Gill

David Vandenbrink seems like a healthy 21-year-old, bright and articulate young man. There is little to suggest that while in his mother's womb, he...

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David Vandenbrink seems like a healthy 21-year-old, bright and articulate young man. There is little to suggest that while in his mother's womb, he...

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David Vandenbrink seems like a healthy 21-year-old, bright and articulate young man. There is little to suggest that while in his mother's womb, he...

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In this follow-up to his 2003 film, Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documents the events of the final journey of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gil Cardinal

In this follow-up to his 2003 film, Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documents the events of the final journey of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gil Cardinal

The story of Big Bear, the real life Cree chief who campaigned for his people and their land against the Canadian government in the 1870s and 1880s.

Genre: Western

Cast: Gordon Tootoosis

The story of Big Bear, the real life Cree chief who campaigned for his people and their land against the Canadian government in the 1870s and 1880s.

Genre: Western

Cast: Gordon Tootoosis

In 1992, the people of Canada had to vote "Yes" or "No" to a new constitution. For the first time in their political history, the Aboriginal people...

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This short documentary focuses on the children of alcoholics. In the relaxed environment of a mountain campsite, a group of young people discuss...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kris Purdy

This documentary looks at various Indigenous spirituality programs that run in western Canadian federal penitentiaries, as well as in some provincial...

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A 17-year-old girl refuses medical treatment that will prolong her life due to religious convictions.

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Cast: Susan Bain