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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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- What are your
children up to, Aline? - Bones of Crows

- What are your children up to, Aline?

You have a son and a
daughter, I understand. - Bones of Crows

You have a son and a daughter, I understand.

Did you ever have any
dreams for yourself - Bones of Crows

Did you ever have any dreams for yourself

My daughter, Taylor, - Bones of Crows

My daughter, Taylor,

Myself, I wanted to
be a concert pianist. - Bones of Crows

Myself, I wanted to be a concert pianist.

But... life makes decisions
for us, doesn't it? - Bones of Crows

But... life makes decisions for us, doesn't it?

And then, I come here - Bones of Crows

And then, I come here

- Ah, Mom, it's so beautiful. - Bones of Crows

- Ah, Mom, it's so beautiful.

When we were younger, - Bones of Crows

When we were younger,

- To my daughter, the lawyer. - Bones of Crows

- To my daughter, the lawyer.

It's my turn. - Bones of Crows

- What was my grandfather like? - Bones of Crows

- What was my grandfather like?

In Cree. Mom said you know how, - Bones of Crows

In Cree. Mom said you know how,

Me and the boys didn't
finish cleaning up - Bones of Crows

Me and the boys didn't finish cleaning up

So I'll finish, be
back in a jiffy. - Bones of Crows

So I'll finish, be back in a jiffy.

Good morning, sleepyhead. Hello! - Bones of Crows

Good morning, sleepyhead. Hello!

I'll make pancakes!
With blueberries. - Bones of Crows

I'll make pancakes! With blueberries.

but so did everything else. - Bones of Crows

but so did everything else.

Joseph did. He couldn't
handle it, how can you? - Bones of Crows

Joseph did. He couldn't handle it, how can you?

- They made him beat other
kids. They made him hurt you. - Bones of Crows

- They made him beat other kids. They made him hurt you.

I didn't feel anything
when I saw him, but... - Bones of Crows

I didn't feel anything when I saw him, but...

- What kind of monsters
are we to feel that? - Bones of Crows

- What kind of monsters are we to feel that?

Please, please, Adam! Adam! - Bones of Crows

Please, please, Adam! Adam!

It's a historic
day, and years in the making, - Bones of Crows

It's a historic day, and years in the making,

Brothers and sisters, - Bones of Crows

Brothers and sisters,

I would like to
express our sorrow - Bones of Crows

I would like to express our sorrow

I offer you our sympathy
and prayerful solidarity - Bones of Crows

I offer you our sympathy and prayerful solidarity

Acts of abuse cannot be
tolerated in society. - Bones of Crows

Acts of abuse cannot be tolerated in society.

Thank you very much
and God bless you all. - Bones of Crows

Thank you very much and God bless you all.

His Excellency would like to ask - Bones of Crows

His Excellency would like to ask

- My mother would like
to speak in her language, - Bones of Crows

- My mother would like to speak in her language,

My name is Aline Spears, - Bones of Crows

My name is Aline Spears,

I would like to ask if
Cardinal Thomas Miller - Bones of Crows

I would like to ask if Cardinal Thomas Miller

Then The Holy See on sexual
abuse here at the Vatican, - Bones of Crows

Then The Holy See on sexual abuse here at the Vatican,

- Yes, that is correct. - Bones of Crows

- Yes, that is correct.

- I first knew him
as Thomas Miller, - Bones of Crows

- I first knew him as Thomas Miller,

Then as Deacon Miller, then
as Father Thomas Miller. - Bones of Crows

Then as Deacon Miller, then as Father Thomas Miller.

Then as the man who
sexually abused me... - Bones of Crows

Then as the man who sexually abused me...

At 16... and impregnated me. - Bones of Crows

At 16... and impregnated me.

- They will take him and
bury him down by the river. - Bones of Crows

- They will take him and bury him down by the river.

- If the future can be erased
by the stamp of a boot... - Bones of Crows

- If the future can be erased by the stamp of a boot...

- I didn't have a choice.
- You're a woman. - Bones of Crows

- I didn't have a choice. - You're a woman.

- A child who's had a child
makes you a child no longer. - Bones of Crows

- A child who's had a child makes you a child no longer...

We're both prisoners of
our own circumstances. - Bones of Crows

We're both prisoners of our own circumstances.

Is that how... you
make it alright? - Bones of Crows

Is that how... you make it alright?

I need your protection.
You... owe me that. - Bones of Crows

I need your protection. You... owe me that.

And even if I did,
how can I protect you - Bones of Crows

And even if I did, how can I protect you

- You took my protection away - Bones of Crows

- You took my protection away

Sixteen is the youngest
we can take them in, - Bones of Crows

Sixteen is the youngest we can take them in,

I want to stay... with you. - Bones of Crows

I want to stay... with you.

And see Dad and
Perseverance and Johnnie. - Bones of Crows

And see Dad and Perseverance and Johnnie.

- I want those things too, - Bones of Crows

- I want those things too,

You promise me that you
won't look back... for us? - Bones of Crows

You promise me that you won't look back... for us?

You are our tomorrow. Hmm? - Bones of Crows

You are our tomorrow. Hmm?

- Will you be here
when I get back? - Bones of Crows

- Will you be here when I get back?

- No, I mean be here, be here. - Bones of Crows

- No, I mean be here, be here.

We are not us... without them. - Bones of Crows

We are not us... without them.

- Mom! - Bones of Crows

There's gonna come a time - Bones of Crows

There's gonna come a time

And you'll feel the darkness - Bones of Crows

And you'll feel the darkness

You be everything that
you are meant to be. - Bones of Crows

You be everything that you are meant to be.

You remind
me of her, my mother. - Bones of Crows

You remind me of her, my mother.

That was... quite
the dramatic reunion. - Bones of Crows

That was... quite the dramatic reunion.

I am flying back
to Canada tonight. - Bones of Crows

I am flying back to Canada tonight.

Even if I am charged, - Bones of Crows

Even if I am charged,

A surprising bit of grace
offered at this old age. - Bones of Crows

A surprising bit of grace offered at this old age.

Was there not one good thing - Bones of Crows

Was there not one good thing

Not one ounce of goodness
that came from it? - Bones of Crows

Not one ounce of goodness that came from it?

Surely, you learned
something from us - Bones of Crows

Surely, you learned something from us

- What I've learned - Bones of Crows

- What I've learned

Who were defenseless children... - Bones of Crows

Who were defenseless children...

Is that they might
have lived in poverty, - Bones of Crows

Is that they might have lived in poverty,

Was an education in
unrelenting cruelty. - Bones of Crows

Was an education in unrelenting cruelty.

Of course, it's you. - Bones of Crows

Of course, it's you.

- You must have been just
like her when you were young. - Bones of Crows

- You must have been just like her when you were young.

But what she was, and is, - Bones of Crows

But what she was, and is,

By a family who
couldn't conceive. - Bones of Crows

By a family who couldn't conceive.

One more thing, Your Eminence. - Bones of Crows

One more thing, Your Eminence.

The Indian Residential School
Settlement is only the beginning. - Bones of Crows

The Indian Residential School Settlement is only the beginni...

The Truth and
Reconciliation Commission - Bones of Crows

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission

So that old age and time - Bones of Crows

So that old age and time

Your name will live on - Bones of Crows

Your name will live on

- I've said all
I've come to say. - Bones of Crows

- I've said all I've come to say.

- We'll just take your mic off.
- Oh, right. - Bones of Crows

- We'll just take your mic off. - Oh, right.

- Is there anything we haven't
asked that you would like to tell? - Bones of Crows

- Is there anything we haven't asked that you would lik...

- Taylor, bring me my
purse there by my coat. - Bones of Crows

- Taylor, bring me my purse there by my coat.

It's the only way
we could record it - Bones of Crows

It's the only way we could record it

The staff are the
banks of the river, - Bones of Crows

The staff are the banks of the river,

Bass clef is South,
treble is North. - Bones of Crows

Bass clef is South, treble is North.

They... they buried him. - Bones of Crows

They... they buried him.

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

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/