Bones of Crows

Synopsis

Cree Matriarch Aline Spears survives Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. The story unfolds over one hundred years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.

First Air Date: 2023-09-20

Last Air Date: 2023-10-18

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 5

Created By: Marie Clements

Networks: CBC Television

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Top Cast

Grace Dove as Aline Spears
Phillip Forest Lewitski as Adam Whallach
Karine Vanasse as Sister Ruth
Patrick Garrow as Archbishop Thomas Miller
Michelle Thrush as January Spears
Glen Gould as Matthew Spears
Rémy Girard as Father Jacobs
Benjamin Jacobson as Jewish Boy
John Tench as Trueman Quinn
Brandon Oakes as Johnnie Spears

Seasons

Miniseries (2023)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: To Be Starved (2023-09-20)

Cree piano prodigy Aline Spears and her siblings are torn from their family and forced into residential school. Now a WWII code talker, Spears and her husband, confront the spectres of their pasts.
Ep. 2: To Be Seperated (2023-09-27)

Aline reconnects with her sister Perseverance, which resurfaces memories of a daring attempt to escape residential school - and its irrevocable consequences on all four Spears siblings.
Ep. 3: To Be Denied (2023-10-04)

Aline struggles to support her family while Adam, denied his veteran's pension, is cast adrift. When their children, Jake and Taylor, take action against a local priest, Aline experiences a crisis of faith.
Ep. 4: To Let Go (2023-10-11)

Advancing her work on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs, Taylor returns to her childhood home. A tense Thanksgiving dinner between the family spurs Jake to reach out to his father's family.
Ep. 5: To Be Here (2023-10-18)

Taylor and Aline travel to the Vatican, where Aline confronts her past - and inspires a pivotal discovery. Jakes joins his family's work and a concert becomes an opportunity for reconnection and healing. Through art and music, the entire Spears family comes together.