A daughter discovers her mother's true strength in Bones of Crows finale
Scene spotlight: Director Marie Clements describes the moment Aline shares a terrible secret about the trauma she experienced at residential school, and it’s a story her daughter is hearing for the first time
Director Marie Clements describes the moment Aline shares a terrible secret
Based on real events, Bones of Crows is an epic story of resilience told through the eyes of Cree matriarch Aline Spears. She and her siblings are taken from their home in Manitoba and forced into Canada's residential school system.
Seven decades later Aline shares the trauma she experienced there at the Vatican in front of the Pope and her abuser. In this pivotal scene, director Marie Clements describes what that moment meant to Aline, her daughter and residential school survivors. "There were so many survivors who held their trauma inside them," says Clements.
Watch the video above.
Watch the series, Bones of Crows, now streaming on CBC Gem.
