Marie Clements' Award-Winning Feature Film "Bones of Crows" Embarks on Next Leg of Community Tour Across Vancouver Island & More BC Stops
Vancouver, BC – Ayasew Ooskana Pictures Inc. announced on January 26- Bones of Crows, the feature film written and directed by award-winning Métis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements has added new dates and locations to its National Indigenous community screening tour. The free community screenings commence in Port Hardy on January 31st, 2023, and continue with screenings in Campbell River, Sidney, Victoria, Coquitlam, Squamish, Sechelt, Port Alberni, Ucluelet, Courtenay, Nanaimo, and Powell River. These communities will be 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 Secwépemc actor 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, and more. Bones of Crows is also accompanied by a five-part mini-series commissioned by CBC/Radio-Canada in association with APTN.
Some of the cast including Summer Testawich, who plays the young Aline Spears, will be attending the screenings from February 6th through 17th and Evan Adams will be in attendance for his hometown screening in Powell River on February 17th.
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.
Bones of Crows is a CBC/Radio-Canada original production, produced with the financial participation of Telefilm Canada, Canada Media Fund, ISO (Indigenous Screen Office), APTN, Société Radio-Canada, Rogers Telefund, Independent Production Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, Bell Fund, Creative BC, First Peoples' Heritage, Language, and Cultural Council and Indigenous Arts Program, the BC Arts Council, The Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC, Quebec Production Services Tax Credit, and The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.
The Bones of Crows community tour was made possible through the generous support of Rogers, I Love First Peoples, Central Mountain Air, and Pacific Coastal Airlines.
January 31st - Port Hardy - 7 PM
Port Hardy Civic Centre - Island Copper Room
7450 Columbia St, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
February 1st - Port Hardy - 9 AM
Port Hardy Secondary School (private screening for high school students)
9350 Granville St, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
February 2nd - Campbell River - 7 PM
Tidemark Theatre
1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River, BC V9W 2C8
February 3rd - Sidney (Tseycum First Nation) 7 PM
Star Cinema
9840 Third St, Sidney, BC V8L 3A7
February 4th - Victoria (Colwood) - 7 PM
Royal Bay Secondary School Theatre
3500 Ryder Hesjedal Way, Victoria, BC V9C 0J6
February 5th - Victoria - 7:45pm*
The Vic Theatre (this is the only ticketed screening through the Victoria Film Festival)
808 Douglas St, Victoria, BC V8W 2B6
February 6th - Coquitlam - 7 PM
Evergreen Cultural Centre
1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7Y3
February 7th - Squamish - 12 PM
Howe Sound Secondary (private screening for high school students)
38430 Buckley Ave, Squamish, BC V8B 0A1
February 8th - Sechelt - 12 PM
Chatelech Secondary School (private screening for high school students)
5904 Cowrie St, Sechelt, BC V0N 3A7
February 9th - Port Alberni - 12.20 PM
Alberni District Secondary School Theatre (private screening for high school students)
4000 Roger St, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 0B1
February 10th - Ucluelet - 7PM
Ucluelet Community Centre
500 Matterson Dr, Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0
February 11th - Port Alberni - 7PM
Alberni District Secondary School Theatre
4000 Roger St, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 0B1
February 13th - Courtenay - 7 PM
Sid Williams Theatre
442 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay, BC V9N 2J2
February 14th - Victoria(Colwood) - 12.30 PM
Royal Bay Secondary School Theatre (private screening for high school students)
3500 Ryder Hesjedal Way, Victoria, BC V9C 0J6
February 16th - Nanaimo - 12 PM
John Barsby Secondary School - Chandler Hall (private screening for high school students)
550 Seventh St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 3Z2
February 17th - Powell River - Tla'amin Nation - 7 PM
Tla'amin Saalish Centre
4885 Highway 101 Powell River, BC V8A 0B6
Bones of Crows was filmed on the traditional territories of the Esquimalt Nation, Kwikwetlem First Nation, Lekwungen Songhees Nation, Musqueam Nation, Okanagan Nation, Scia'new First Nation (Beecher Bay), Squamish Nation, Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, Tla'amin Nation, Tsartlip Nation (North Saanich), Tseycum First Nation (Saanich), Tsleil-Waututh Nation.
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