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Bones of Crows

Bones of Crows

2023•8.0/10
Drama

Ratings

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8.0/10(5)

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.

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Production

Ayasew Ooskana Pictures, Eagle Vision

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 20, 2023

Last Aired

October 18, 2023

Networks

CBC Television

Created By

Marie Clements

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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
To Be Starved
E1
To Be Starved
Air date: 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.
To Be Seperated
E2
To Be Seperated
Air date: 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.
To Be Denied
E3
To Be Denied
Air date: 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.
To Let Go
E4
To Let Go
Air date: 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.
To Be Here
E5
To Be Here
Air date: 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.

Cast

Grace Dove

Grace Dove

Aline Spears

Phillip Forest Lewitski

Phillip Forest Lewitski

Adam Whallach

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