Bones of Crows#Television series

In 2021, CBC Television announced a five-hour limited series, which delves more deeply into Spears' extended family history over 100 years.[https://www.tv-eh.com/2021/10/27/cbc-radio-canada-aptn-and-ayasew-ooskana-pictures-announce-casting-and-start-of-production-on-marie-clements-bones-of-crows/ "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.

The television version premiered on September 20, 2023, on both CBCGreg David, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2023/08/24/cbc-sets-call-2023-streaming-and-broadcast-premiere-dates-for-new-and-returning-original-series-on-cbc-gem-and-cbc-television/ "CBC sets fall 2023 streaming and broadcast premiere dates for new and returning original series on CBC Gem and CBC Television"]. TV, eh?, August 24, 2023. and APTN, with a Cree language version also airing on APTN beginning September 25.Greg David, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2023/08/30/changing-leaves-inspiring-stories-aptn-unveils-fall-programming-with-indigenous-resilience-at-its-core/ "Changing leaves, inspiring stories: APTN unveils fall programming with Indigenous resilience at its core"]. TV, eh?, August 30, 2023.

The film was shot partially at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Although the revelation of 215 unmarked gravesites at the school took place just one week before shooting was to start, the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc nation encouraged production to proceed because of the importance of getting residential school stories publicized and told.Rachel Ho, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/marie_clements_brings_the_truth_of_residential_schools_to_the_big_screen "Marie Clements Brings the Truth of Residential Schools to the Big Screen"]. Exclaim!, May 31, 2023.

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• Grace Dove as Aline Spears
• Phillip Lewitski as Adam Whallach
• Rémy Girard as Father Jacobs
• Karine Vanasse as Sister Ruth
• Alyssa Wapanatâhk as Perseverance Spears
• Michelle Thrush as January Spears
• Glen Gould as Matthew Spears
• Gail Maurice as Older Taylor Whallach
• Carla-Rae as Older Aline Spears
• Cara Gee as Percy Whallach
• Jonathan Whitesell as Thomas Miller
• Patrick Garrow as Archbishop Thomas Miller
• Summer Testawich as Young Aline Spears
• Sierra Rose McRae as Young Perseverance Spears
• Ethan Evans as Preteen Johnnie
• Payne Merasty as Young Tye Spears
• Alanis Obomsawin as TRC Film Director
• Joshua Odjick as Jake Whallach

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Aparita Bhandari of The Globe and Mail wrote that "Although it’s a difficult film to watch, the loving way in which it depicts Indigenous families and their traditions, including a simple family dinner, offers a perspective often missing from news stories. The historical span from the late 1800s to present day also gives the film heft; the flashbacks used to reflect how memories carry intergenerational trauma are a poignant device. It’s a gift to watch the largely Indigenous cast bring to life a story that many of them have a personal connection to."Aparita Bhandari, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-marie-clements-wont-let-canada-forget-its-painful-past-with-sweeping/ "Marie Clements won’t let Canada forget its painful past with sweeping epic Bones of Crows"]. The Globe and Mail, May 31, 2023

For Original Cin, Kim Hughes wrote that "Clements’ searing film — notably and beautifully shot on traditional territories and with its unanimously strong performances abetted by a brilliant cameo by filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin — is unsparing, as perhaps it must be. The horrors of residential schools should be perceived through a lens of revulsion and deep regret. Still, it is very hard to watch children being stomped on, tortured, molested, dying, and then to watch their adult selves funneling all that trauma into behaviour guaranteed to further compound their suffering and disenfranchisement. Equal parts indictment and historical score-setter, Bones of Crows is the film we deserve, its message of personal and spiritual resilience unmistakable. But enter knowing it is bleak beyond the most chilling slasher flick. Because it’s true."Kim Hughes, [https://www.original-cin.ca/posts/2023/6/1/bones-of-crows-fact-based-drama-depicts-the-horrors-of-residential-schools "Bones of Crows: Fact-Based Drama Depicts the Horrors of Residential Schools"]. Original Cin, June 1, 2023.

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).[https://windsorfilmfestival.com/the-2023-canadian-screen-award-nominees/ "The 2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominees"]. Windsor International Film Festival, February 22, 2023.

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