''A Kind of Family'' is a

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documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

, directed by Andrew Koster and released in 1992. The film centres on Glen Murray, at the time a Winnipeg City Councillor and one of Canada's first openly gay politicians, and Mike, a gay, HIV-positive street kid whom Murray took in as a

foster parent Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent" or with a family memb ...

. The film received limited theatrical distribution before being broadcast by

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as an episode of the ''

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'' documentary series. It received a

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nomination for Best Short Documentary at the

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."Genie Award nominations". ''

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'', November 20, 1992.

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1992 films Canadian short documentary films Canadian LGBT-related short films Documentary films about gay men Documentary films about male prostitution Documentary films about adoption Documentary films about street children Documentary films about HIV/AIDS National Film Board of Canada documentaries Films shot in Winnipeg 1992 LGBT-related films Documentary films about prostitution in Canada Documentary films about homelessness in Canada HIV/AIDS in Canadian films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-documentary-film-stub