Bones of Crows

Bones of Crows

122 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 31, 2022

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.

Bones of Crows

122 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 31, 2022

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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Grana Productions, Screen Siren Pictures, Marie Clements Media, Ayasew Ooskana Pictures
Original title Bones of Crows
Directors Marie Clements
Writers Marie Clements

Cast

Grace Dove

as Aline Spears

Graham Greene

as Officer Casey Murphy

Angus Macfadyen

as Robert Kenner

Paulina Alexis

as Immpy

Tahmoh Penikett

as Major Stevens

Patrick Garrow

as Archbishop Thomas Miller

Jonathan Whitesell

as Thomas Miller

Lorne Cardinal

as Stephen Means

Phillip Lewitski

as Adam Whallach

Vincent Gale

as Sir John A. MacDonald

Glen Gould

as Matthew Spears

Michelle Thrush

as January Spears

John Tench

as Trueman Quinn

Stefany Mathias

as Tessa Whallach

Josh Blacker

as Det. Smith - Winnipeg

Alyssa Wapanatâhk

as Perseverance Spears

Yoshie Bancroft

as Coach Toni

Shannon Baker

as Sally Whallach