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Bones of Crows
Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
- Original title
- Bones of Crows
- Language
- EN
- Country
- CA
- Budget
- $19,000,000
- Revenue
- —
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Jul 17, 2025 · via TMDB
Writer, Producer and Director Marie Clements' complex and fast-paced movie Bones of Crows has captured the complex effects of Canadian residential schools' legacy of abuse through the voice of Aline Spears (Grace Dove), a Cree woman forced to endure sexual, physical and emotional abuse at a Canadian Roman Catholic run residential school. What sets this story apart from others is the complex telling through PTSD flashes that weave not only her story but the stories of three generations in her family whose voices represent eras of nuanced racism culminating in child death cover-ups, suicide and lateral violence, to become redemptive when Aline's lawyer daughter heads the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and brings her mother face to face with her abusers. Brilliant and heart wrenching -- a must see if one wants to truly understand the impact of generational trauma inflicted on the lives of First Nation peoples.
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Grace Dove
Aline Spears
Phillip Forest Lewitski
Adam Whallach
Rémy Girard
Father Jacobs
Karine Vanasse
Sister Ruth
Alyssa Wapanatâhk
Perseverance Spears
Michelle Thrush
January Spears
Glen Gould
Matthew Spears
Gail Maurice
Older Taylor Whallach
Cara Gee
Percy Whallach
Jonathan Whitesell
Thomas Miller
Patrick Garrow
Archbishop Thomas Miller
Summer Testawich
Young Aline Spears
Alanis Obomsawin
TRC Film Director
Joshua Odjick
Jake Whallach
Paulina Alexis
Immpy
Shannon Baker
Sally Whallach
Linden Banks
Father Walters
Tanaya Beatty
Taylor
Tim Beckmann
Dr. Douglas
Lesli Brownlee
Sister Theresa
Harrison Coe
Father Claude
Jonathon Connelly
Josh Sanders
Jeff Gladstone
Roger Wells
Brett Harris
Dr. Dune
Trevor Hinton
Daddy John
Benjamin Jacobson
Jewish Boy
Claude Knowlton
Monsignor Louis Caron
Tahmoh Penikett
Major Stevens
Lucas Penner
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Dane Stevens
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Trueman Quinn
Denis Corbett
Concert goer (uncredited)
Yolanda Corbett
Concert goer (uncredited)
James Lafazanos
Bishop Willis (credit only)
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Marie Clements
Director
Aaron L. Gilbert
Executive Producer
Marie Clements
Executive Producer
Noah Segal
Executive Producer
Christine Haebler
Producer
Marie Clements
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