
Secwepemc actor Grace Dove plays the lead role as Aline Spears, a Cree matriarch, in Bones of Crows.
Image Credit: Elevation Pictures
QUEBEC — New screening dates for the National Indigenous community screening tour of Bones of Crows—the feature film written and directed by award-winning Métis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements—have just been announced in Quebec with screenings in Kahnawake, Kanesatake, Eastmain, Waskaganish and other locations. These communities are some of the first people to see the film, ahead of its theatrical release in 2023.
Bones of Crows is a multi-generational epic story of resilience told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch Aline Spears (played throughout her life by Summer Testawich; Secwépemc actor Grace Dove; and Carla Rae). Removed from their family home and forced into Canada’s residential school system, young musical prodigy Aline and her siblings are plunged into a struggle for survival. Over the next hundred years, Aline and her descendants fight against systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse — and to build a more just future. Bones of Crows stars Grace Dove (Alaska Daily), Phillip Forest Lewitski (Wildhood), Rémy Girard (District 31), Karine Vanasse (Cardinal), Alyssa Wapanatâhk (Peter Pan), Michelle Thrush (Prey), Gail Maurice (Night Raiders), Cara Gee (The Expanse), TIFF Rising Star Joshua Odjick, and a fantastic cast of Indigenous talent from across the country.
The dramatic feature film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and has been received with acclaim from audiences around the world at film festivals including VIFF, Cinéfest, CIFF, SBIFF and more. The film is currently in Berlin for the European Film Market where it screens as a part of Perspectives Canada, with international screenings at Mãoriland Film Festival in Ötaki, New Zealand and Bones of Crows was the opening night film at the Birrarangga Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia. Bones of Crows is also accompanied by a five part mini-series commissioned by CBC/Radio-Canada in association with APTN.
Bones of Crows is produced by Ayasew Ooskana Pictures Inc, with Marie Clements Media, Screen Siren Pictures and Grana Productions. The film is written, directed, and produced by Marie Clements, Produced by Trish Dolman and Christine Haebler, and Executive Produced by Sam Grana, Aaron Gilbert, Steven Thibault, Noah Segal, and Associate Produced by Leena Minifie and Kerriann Cardinal. Bones of Crows is being distributed by Elevation Pictures in Canada.
MORE INFORMATION:
https://bonesofcrows.com/
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Screenings dates & locations:
- May 13 – Musee Autochtone – 2pm – Screening in English
510 Mnt des Trente, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, J3H 2R* - May 14 – Kahnawake – Screening in English
Location Details & Time Coming Soon - TBC – May 15 – Wendake (Quebec City) – Screening in French
- May 16 – Kanesatake – 6pm – Screening in English
Rotiwennakehte School
407 St. Michel, Kanesatake, QC J0N 1E0 - TBC – May 18 -Maniwaki/Kitigan Zibi
- May 22nd – Chisasibi – Banquet Hall – 7pm – In English
- May 23rd – Wemindji – Community Hall – 7pm – In English
- May 25th – Eastmain – Eastmain River Complex – 7pm – In English
- May 26th – Waskaganish – Gathering Place – 7pm – In English