Bones of Crows

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]

Bones of Crows
Film poster
Directed byMarie Clements
Written byMarie Clements
Produced byMarie Clements
Trish Dolman
Christine Haebler
StarringGrace Dove
CinematographyVince Arvidson
Edited byMaxime Lahaie
Music byWayne Lavallee
Jesse Zubot
Production
companies
Ayasew Ooskana Pictures
Marie Clements Media
Screen Siren Pictures
Grana Productions
Distributed byElevation Pictures
Release date
  • September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Cree
ʔayʔajuθəm
Italian

The film's cast also includes Phillip Lewitski, Rémy Girard, Karine Vanasse, Michelle Thrush, Glen Gould, Gail Maurice, Cara Gee, Joshua Odjick and Jonathan Whitesell, as well as Alanis Obomsawin in a small supporting role.

The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022.[2]

It will be followed in 2023 by a five-hour CBC Television limited series, which delves more deeply into Spears' extended family history over 100 years.[3]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 14 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[4]

Awards

The film received five Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for Best Original Screenplay (Clements), Best Original Song (Clements, Wayne Lavallee and Jesse Zubot for "You Are My Bones"), Best Makeup (Darci Jackson and Elizabeth McLeod), Best Hair (Charlene Dunn) and Best Visual Effects (Eric Gambini, Sarah Krusch Flanagan, Louis Mackall, Virginie Strub, Andrew Joe, Gabriel Chiang and Linus Burghardt).[5]

References
  1. "Local actor Grace Dove stars in new psychological drama". Prince George Citizen, October 27, 2021.
  2. Pat Mullen, "TIFF Announces Canadian Films for 2022 Festival". That Shelf, August 10, 2022.
  3. "CBC/RADIO CANADA, APTN AND AYASEW OOSKANA PICTURES ANNOUNCE CASTING AND START OF PRODUCTION ON MARIE CLEMENTS’ BONES OF CROWS". TV, eh?, October 27, 2021.
  4. "Bones of Crows". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  5. "The 2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominees". Windsor International Film Festival, February 22, 2023.


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