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Bones of Crows is a 2022 Canadian drama film, written, produced, and directed by Marie Clements. The film stars Grace Dove as Aline Spears, a Cree woman who survives the Indian residential school system to become a code talker for the Canadian Air Force during World War II.
A sweeping drama grounded in historical truth, Bones of Crows weaves together underrepresented moments in Canadian and Indigenous history, including the Indigenous contributions to WW2, the ongoing cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Jun 2, 2023 · With Grace Dove, Phillip Forest Lewitski, Rémy Girard, Karine Vanasse. Cree code talker Aline Spears survives her traumatic past in Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight against systemic starvation, racism and sexual abuse.
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- Drama
- Marie Clements
- 2023-06-02
Jun 21, 2023 · This epic story of resilience follows Cree matriarch Aline Spears, played by Grace Dove, over one hundred years as she struggles to protect her family and build a better future.
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Sep 19, 2023 · Writer/director Marie Clements and actress Grace Dove say an expanded TV version of their film “Bones of Crows” digs deeper into the impact of decades of systemic racism.
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- The Canadian Press
Mar 30, 2023 · Forced into residential school, Aline Spears and her siblings are plunged into a fight for survival that shapes the Spears family for generations.
- 2 min
- 110.7K
- Elevation Pictures
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Removed from their family home and forced into Canada’s residential school system, Cree musical prodigy Aline and her siblings are plunged into a struggle for survival. Bones of Crows is Aline's journey from child to matriarch, a moving multi-generational epic of resilience, survival and the pursuit of justice.
