Synopsis
BONES OF CROWS is told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch Aline Spears as she survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Metrics
Movie Details
| Running Time: | 127 minutes |
| Comparisons: | vs. Maria Chapdelaine Create your own comparison chart… |
| Keywords: | Life Drama, Native Americans, Bigotry, Sex Crimes, Boarding School, Same Role, Multiple Actors |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | CBC Films, Radio-Canada Television, Telefilm Canada, The Canada Media Fund, Indigenous Screen Office, APTN, Societe Radio-Canada, Rogers Telefund, Independent Production Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, Bell Fund, Creative BC, First Peoples Heritage, Language and Cultural Council and Indigenous Arts Program, BBC Arts, Province of BC Film Incentive BC, Quebec Production Services Tax Credit, Bron Releasing, Elevation Pictures, Ayasew Ooskana Pictures |
| Production Countries: | Canada |
| Languages: | English |