Bones of Crows
Cree Matriarch Aline Spears survives Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. The story unfolds over one hundred years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Overview
Cree Matriarch Aline Spears survives Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. The story unfolds over one hundred years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Marie Clements
Creator / EP
Marie Clements
Producer
Episodes
1. To Be Starved
Cree piano prodigy Aline Spears and her siblings are torn from their family and forced into residential school. Now a WWII code talker, Spears and her husband, confront the spectres of their pasts.
2. To Be Seperated
Aline reconnects with her sister Perseverance, which resurfaces memories of a daring attempt to escape residential school - and its irrevocable consequences on all four Spears siblings.
3. To Be Denied
Aline struggles to support her family while Adam, denied his veteran's pension, is cast adrift. When their children, Jake and Taylor, take action against a local priest, Aline experiences a crisis of faith.
Cast & Crew
Grace Dove
Aline Spears
Phillip Forest Lewitski
Adam Whallach
