Bones of Crows | |
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Directed by | Marie Clements |
Written by | Marie Clements |
Produced by | Marie Clements Trish Dolman Sam Grana Christine Haebler |
Starring | Grace Dove |
Cinematography | Vince Arvidson |
Edited by | Maxime Lahaie |
Music by | Wayne Lavallee Jesse Zubot |
Production companies | Ayasew Ooskana Pictures Marie Clements Media Screen Siren Pictures Grana Productions |
Distributed by | Elevation Pictures |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | English Cree ʔayʔajuθəm Italian French |
Bones of Crows is a 2022 Canadian drama film, written, produced, and directed by Marie Clements. 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]
The film's cast also includes Summer Testawich and Carla-Rae as Aline Spears in childhood and older age, as well as Phillip Lewitski, Rémy Girard, Karine Vanasse, Michelle Thrush, Glen Gould, Gail Maurice, Cara Gee, Joshua Odjick, Jonathan Whitesell, Jules Arita Koostachin and Alanis Obomsawin in supporting roles.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022,[2] before going into commercial release on June 2, 2023.[3]