Bones of Crows

Bones of Crows is a Canadian drama film, directed by Marie Clements and released in 2022. The film stars Grace Dove as Aline Spears, a Cree woman who survives the Indian residential school system to become a code talker for the Canadian Air Force during World War II.[1]

Bones of Crows
Directed byMarie Clements
Written byMarie Clements
Produced byMarie Clements
Trish Dolman
Christine Haebler
StarringGrace Dove
CinematographyVince Arvidson
Edited byMaxime Lahaie
Production
companies
Ayasew Ooskana Pictures
Marie Clements Media
Screen Siren Pictures
Grana Productions
Distributed byElevation Pictures
Release date
  • September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Cree
ʔayʔajuθəm
Italian

The film's cast also includes Phillip Lewitski, Rémy Girard, Karine Vanasse, Michelle Thrush, Glen Gould, Gail Maurice, Cara Gee, Joshua Odjick and Jonathan Whitesell, as well as Alanis Obomsawin in a small supporting role.

The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022.[2]

It will be followed in 2023 by a five-hour CBC Television limited series, which delves more deeply into Spears's extended family history over 100 years.[3]

References
  1. "Local actor Grace Dove stars in new psychological drama". Prince George Citizen, October 27, 2021.
  2. Pat Mullen, "TIFF Announces Canadian Films for 2022 Festival". That Shelf, August 10, 2022.
  3. "CBC/RADIO CANADA, APTN AND AYASEW OOSKANA PICTURES ANNOUNCE CASTING AND START OF PRODUCTION ON MARIE CLEMENTS’ BONES OF CROWS". TV, eh?, October 27, 2021.


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