Top billed cast

1. 

   Grace Dove

   Aline Spears

2. 

   Phillip Forest Lewitski

   Adam Whallach

3. 

   Rémy Girard

   Father Jacobs

4. 

   Karine Vanasse

   Sister Ruth

5. 

   Alyssa Wapanatâhk

   Perseverance Spears

6. 

   Michelle Thrush

   January Spears

7. 

   Glen Gould

   Matthew Spears

8. 

   Gail Maurice

   Older Taylor Whallach

9. 

   Carla-Rae

   Older Aline Spears

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Reviews

A review by ALIbambam

Written by ALIbambam on 2025-07-17

Writer, Producer and Director Marie Clements' complex and fast-paced movie Bones of Crows has captured the complex effects of Canadian residential schools' legacy of abuse through the voice of Aline Spears (Grace Dove), a Cree woman forced to endure sexual, physical and emotional abuse at a Canadian Roman Catholic run residential school. What sets this story apart from others is the complex telling through PTSD flashes that weave not only her story but the stories of three generations in her family whose voices represent eras of nuanced racism culminating in child death cover-ups, suicide and ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$19,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• indigenous
• world war ii
• period drama
• historical
• roman catholic church
• residential school
• first nations
• abused child
• forced schooling