Series
Bones of Crows
Drama
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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Seasons & episodes
1To Be Starved20 Sept 2023 · 44m · ★ 7.0Cree 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.
2To Be Seperated27 Sept 2023 · 44mAline 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.
3To Be Denied4 Oct 2023 · 50mAline 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.
4To Let Go11 Oct 2023 · 44mAdvancing 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.
5To Be Here18 Oct 2023 · 47mTaylor 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.
Details
- Created by
- Marie Clements
- First aired
- 20 Sept 2023
- Last aired
- 18 Oct 2023
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- CBC Television
- Episodes
- 5
- Votes
- 5 on TMDB
Cast
Grace DoveAline Spears
Phillip Forest LewitskiAdam Whallach
