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Choir Boy Lucky

Genre

Documentary

Directed By

Ruth DeGraves

Date: Apr 2010
Length: 00:17:58
Process: Colour
Country: Canada
Language: English
Shooting Format: HD
Sound Format: Dialogue

Synopsis

Andrew Balfour’s story is an inspiring and triumphant one. Adoption at two months old to a loving family gave him a happy childhood. Then, after learning as a teenager that he was Métis, he struggled though years of rebellion, homelessness and served a short prison sentence. Once released he turned his life around though song and continues to inspire and be inspired through a fusion of European and Aboriginal culture, the duality in himself, two strong bloodlines.

Tags

Aboriginal, adoption, choice, choir, church, family, father, identity, music, Scoop, Sixties Scoop, spirituality

Credits

Director
Ruth DeGraves
Producer
Ruth DeGraves
Writer
Ruth DeGraves
Cinematographer
Claude Savard, Charles Konowal, Allen Agosopwich
Editor
John Gurdebeke
Music
Camerata Nova
Sound
John Gurdebeke
Cast
Andrew Balfour

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