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Bones of Crows

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.

Director

Marie Clements

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Screen Siren Pictures,Grana Productions,Marie Clements Media,Ayasew Ooskana Pictures

Awards

34 wins & 25 nominations

Homepage

https://screensiren.ca/project/bones-of-crows/

Aline Spears

Adam Whallach

Phillip Forest Lewitski

Father Jacobs

Sister Ruth

Perseverance Spears

Alyssa Wapanatâhk

January Spears

Michelle Thrush

Matthew Spears

Older Taylor Whallach

Older Aline Spears

Percy Whallach

Thomas Miller

Jonathan Whitesell

Archbishop Thomas Miller

Young Aline Spears

Summer Testawich

Young Perseverance Spears

Sierra Rose McRae

Preteen Johnnie

Young Tye Spears

TRC Film Director

Alanis Obomsawin

Jake Whallach

Immpy

Askuwheteau

Conner Alook-Oar

Chief Wandering Spirit

Sally Whallach

Father Walters

Italian Translator

Taylor

Dr. Douglas

Old Native Auntie #1

Mariel Belanger

Old Native Auntie #2

RCMP Constable #2

Sister Theresa

Bishop Willis

Charlie Tomkins

Kindall Charters

Archbishop Dresser

Father Claude

Baby Jake Whallach

Marcel Jayden Ray Commodore

Josh Sanders

Jonathon Connelly

Young Percy Whallach

Sister Mary

Young Dr. Tim Whallach

Cameron Fraser-Monroe

Young Taylor Whallach

Father John

Female Inmate

Rosemary Georgeson

Roger Wells

Justice of the Peace

Pope Benedict XVI

Barbra

Dr. Dune

Police Officer

Father Davis

Nick Heffelfinger

Catholic Nun Nurse #2

Daddy John

Tank

Jewish Boy

Benjamin Jacobson

Grandma Mary Whallach

Adult Choir

Choir Kid

Monsignor Louis Caron

Claude Knowlton

Freddie

Askuwheteau's Father

Daryll Laboucan

Bishop Willis

James Lafazanos

Dwayne Todd

Young Talia Spears

Older Jake Whallach

Army Code Instructor

Indigenous Choir Girl

Mayson Marshall

Stern Guard One

Todd the Toad

Ridley Havok McLeod

Elder

Alain Mickelson

Recruitment Officer

Jeremy O'Driscoll

Chief

James

Thomas Orr-Loney

Mike Hill

Major Stevens

Tahmoh Penikett

RCMP Constable One (2022)

Askuwheteau's Mother

Young Adam Whallach

Teen Perseverance Spears

Kwetca'min Dawn Pierre

Young Police Officer

Father Stevens

Sister Colette

Young David

Stoney Guard

Chief of Pollice

Joseph Wilson

Jaxon Swakum-Malloway

Trueman Quinn

Bitty Tits

White John

Jimmy the Pimp

Symphony Conductor

Concert goer

Concert goer

Yolanda Corbett

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- I want my children home
where they should be. - Bones of Crows

- I want my children home where they should be.

All the Squaw needs to know
is we can throw them in jail - Bones of Crows

All the Squaw needs to know is we can throw them in jail

One day, your family
will thank you for this. - Bones of Crows

One day, your family will thank you for this.

We don't always know
what's best for ourselves. - Bones of Crows

We don't always know what's best for ourselves.

That's why we have the
government and the church - Bones of Crows

That's why we have the government and the church

Momma... Momma, look at me! - Bones of Crows

Momma... Momma, look at me!

- Let go! No! - Bones of Crows

Do something! Do something! - Bones of Crows

Do something! Do something!

I curse you! I told
you not to sign! - Bones of Crows

I curse you! I told you not to sign!

Please, Creator,
not this! Not this! - Bones of Crows

Please, Creator, not this! Not this!

Perseverance. - Bones of Crows

- Almost there. Wake up! - Bones of Crows

- Almost there. Wake up!

You fucking animal. - Bones of Crows

You fucking animal.

You fucking pig. - Bones of Crows

You fucking pig.

- Suzanne, your inmate
ID number is J503445. - Bones of Crows

- Suzanne, your inmate ID number is J503445.

Rose, your inmate ID
number is J503097. - Bones of Crows

Rose, your inmate ID number is J503097.

Perseverance, your inmate
ID number is J503448. - Bones of Crows

Perseverance, your inmate ID number is J503448.

You are 58. Do you understand? - Bones of Crows

You are 58. Do you understand?

Keeps us in, but on the
other hand, keeps them out. - Bones of Crows

Keeps us in, but on the other hand, keeps them out.

- Amen, sister.
- Where you from? - Bones of Crows

- Amen, sister. - Where you from?

- Dene. Little Duck Lake. You? - Bones of Crows

- Dene. Little Duck Lake. You?

- Cree. Outside of Brandon. - Bones of Crows

- Cree. Outside of Brandon.

- They imprisoned some
real famous Crees here - Bones of Crows

- They imprisoned some real famous Crees here

Chief Poundmaker,
Chief Big Bear. - Bones of Crows

Chief Poundmaker, Chief Big Bear.

- Oh, and one crazy lady
who screamed all the time. - Bones of Crows

- Oh, and one crazy lady who screamed all the time.

Both the detective and the
lady from Family Services - Bones of Crows

Both the detective and the lady from Family Services

- When everyone is asleep - Bones of Crows

- When everyone is asleep

I want you to get down, make
your way to the broom closet. - Bones of Crows

I want you to get down, make your way to the broom closet.

And then, I'll meet you
there. You understand? - Bones of Crows

And then, I'll meet you there. You understand?

Once we start, we won't
be able to turn around. - Bones of Crows

Once we start, we won't be able to turn around.

- Alright. Glad
that's over with. - Bones of Crows

- Alright. Glad that's over with.

I need you to find out
where they put them. - Bones of Crows

I need you to find out where they put them.

Mm-hmm. AA-ing it. NA-ing it. - Bones of Crows

Mm-hmm. AA-ing it. NA-ing it.

- You should have said,
learning a trade... - Bones of Crows

- You should have said, learning a trade...

- Come on, Tye. We're close.
We have to keep moving. - Bones of Crows

- Come on, Tye. We're close. We have to keep moving.

Now, be a good girl and
tell me where they are. - Bones of Crows

Now, be a good girl and tell me where they are.

I could kill you and
bury you out back, - Bones of Crows

I could kill you and bury you out back,

Tell me, Perseverance,
or so help me God! - Bones of Crows

Tell me, Perseverance, or so help me God!

Can you hold my hand? - Bones of Crows

Can you hold my hand?

You don't have to worry. - Bones of Crows

You don't have to worry.

The monster isn't under the bed, - Bones of Crows

The monster isn't under the bed,

I love you. - Bones of Crows

That you and Johnnie
planned to run away? - Bones of Crows

That you and Johnnie planned to run away?

How about I tell them
he died of influenza, - Bones of Crows

How about I tell them he died of influenza,

Dear Lord, we ask that you
forgive Aline and Johnnie - Bones of Crows

Dear Lord, we ask that you forgive Aline and Johnnie

We ask that you forgive
the sins of these children. - Bones of Crows

We ask that you forgive the sins of these children.

In Jesus Christ's name. Amen. - Bones of Crows

In Jesus Christ's name. Amen.

Johnnie, Father Jacobs is
waiting for you in his parlour. - Bones of Crows

Johnnie, Father Jacobs is waiting for you in his parlour.

After this fiasco,
this is the last time - Bones of Crows

After this fiasco, this is the last time

Take a good long
look at your brother. - Bones of Crows

Take a good long look at your brother.

You didn't think your master
escape would go unpunished? - Bones of Crows

You didn't think your master escape would go unpunished...

Tye was just a baby. - Bones of Crows

Tye was just a baby.

- Did you find out any more
about Perseverance's children? - Bones of Crows

- Did you find out any more about Perseverance's childr...

They're in the States. I
told you that last week. - Bones of Crows

They're in the States. I told you that last week.

I know you said that.
- Mom. Mom. - Bones of Crows

I know you said that. - Mom. Mom.

I think I'm
losing my balance. - Bones of Crows

I think I'm losing my balance.

Her face... - Bones of Crows

- Did you think your actions
would not have consequences? - Bones of Crows

- Did you think your actions would not have consequences?

You are just another
worthless Indian in the dirt. - Bones of Crows

You are just another worthless Indian in the dirt.

Let's see how special you are
when you can't play your piano. - Bones of Crows

Let's see how special you are when you can't play ...

You think you're untouchable, - Bones of Crows

You think you're untouchable,

- She's only an Indian, but
she was a special Indian. - Bones of Crows

- She's only an Indian, but she was a special Indian.

The tiniest glimpse of promise in these
flat-tired miles of mud and ignorance. - Bones of Crows

The tiniest glimpse of promise in these flat-tired miles of ...

She was a symbol that
what we are doing here - Bones of Crows

She was a symbol that what we are doing here

From a savage to a
world-class pianist. - Bones of Crows

From a savage to a world-class pianist.

Such a possibility existed. - Bones of Crows

Such a possibility existed.

But now...
- Aline? Aline! - Bones of Crows

But now... - Aline? Aline!

- She has two broken
ribs from the fall, - Bones of Crows

- She has two broken ribs from the fall,

God takes one thing away... - Bones of Crows

God takes one thing away...

Your God just keeps taking. - Bones of Crows

Your God just keeps taking.

I know... you are
hurting, Aline, - Bones of Crows

I know... you are hurting, Aline,

Every Sunday, you get dressed, - Bones of Crows

Every Sunday, you get dressed,

And every Sunday, you
ask me the same question. - Bones of Crows

And every Sunday, you ask me the same question.

What are you going to do when
they touch your precious babies? - Bones of Crows

What are you going to do when they touch your precious babie...

Dear Jesus. Dear, dear Jesus. - Bones of Crows

Dear Jesus. Dear, dear Jesus.

Let them fuck me
and my children, - Bones of Crows

Let them fuck me and my children,

I can fight their goddamn wars, - Bones of Crows

I can fight their goddamn wars,

My eye and my leg...
are worth 300 dollars. - Bones of Crows

My eye and my leg... are worth 300 dollars.

The government wants to pay
me 300 for my eye and my leg. - Bones of Crows

The government wants to pay me 300 for my eye and my leg.

They took away my Indian Status
because I joined the war, - Bones of Crows

They took away my Indian Status because I joined the war,

I guess that's what happens
when you think the war is over. - Bones of Crows

I guess that's what happens when you think the war is o...

- We'll pick up a few
things from the store, - Bones of Crows

- We'll pick up a few things from the store,

As a result of this, we
can let them abolish the Indian Act - Bones of Crows

As a result of this, we can let them abolish the Indian Act

You've said
yourselves it would take time. - Bones of Crows

You've said yourselves it would take time.

There is no way
that we are going to give up... - Bones of Crows

There is no way that we are going to give up...

Indians, that's who! - Bones of Crows

Indians, that's who!

Indians think they can
get everything for nothing - Bones of Crows

Indians think they can get everything for nothing

- Trudeau was just in New
Zealand dancing with the Maori. - Bones of Crows

- Trudeau was just in New Zealand dancing with the Maori.

I think he might have come
to a new understanding - Bones of Crows

I think he might have come to a new understanding

Maybe this will somehow
help to bridge... - Bones of Crows

Maybe this will somehow help to bridge...

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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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Director: Marie Clements

Writer: Marie Clements

Production: Screen Siren Pictures,Grana Productions,Marie Clements Media,Ayasew Ooskana Pictures

Genre: drama

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 02 Jun 2023

Awards: 34 wins & 25 nominations

Homepage: https://screensiren.ca/project/bones-of-crows/