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Bones of Crows

Bones of Crows
★ 8.0/10•2023•MA 15+•Drama
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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 · Writer

Marie Clements · Director

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 20, 2023

Episodes

Episode 1 - To Be StarvedE144m

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.

Sep 20, 2023

Episode 2 - To Be SeperatedE244m

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.

Sep 27, 2023

Episode 3 - To Be DeniedE350m

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.

Oct 4, 2023

Episode 4 - To Let GoE444m

To Let Go

Advancing her work on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs, Taylor returns to her childhood home. A tense Thanksgiving dinner between the family spurs Jake to reach out to his father's family.

Oct 11, 2023

Episode 5 - To Be HereE547m

To Be Here

Taylor and Aline travel to the Vatican, where Aline confronts her past - and inspires a pivotal discovery. Jakes joins his family's work and a concert becomes an opportunity for reconnection and healing. Through art and music, the entire Spears family comes together.

Oct 18, 2023

Actors

Grace Dove

Grace Dove

Aline Spears

Phillip Forest Lewitski

Phillip Forest Lewitski

Adam Whallach

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