Cree Matriarch Aline Spears survives Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. The story unfolds over one hundred years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Cast: Grace Dove, Phillip Forest Lewitski
MA 15+HDCC
Miniseries
5 episodes
1. To Be StarvedCree piano prodigy Aline Spears and her siblings are torn from their family and forced into residential school. Now a WWII code talker, Spears and her husband, confront the spectres of their pasts.MA 15+CC44minSep 20, 2023
2. To Be SeperatedAline reconnects with her sister Perseverance, which resurfaces memories of a daring attempt to escape residential school - and its irrevocable consequences on all four Spears siblings.MA 15+CC44minSep 27, 2023
3. To Be DeniedAline struggles to support her family while Adam, denied his veteran's pension, is cast adrift. When their children, Jake and Taylor, take action against a local priest, Aline experiences a crisis of faith.MA 15+CC50minOct 4, 2023
4. To Let GoAdvancing her work on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs, Taylor returns to her childhood home. A tense Thanksgiving dinner between the family spurs Jake to reach out to his father's family.MA 15+CC44minOct 11, 2023
5. To Be HereTaylor and Aline travel to the Vatican, where Aline confronts her past - and inspires a pivotal discovery. Jakes joins his family's work and a concert becomes an opportunity for reconnection and healing. Through art and music, the entire Spears family comes together.MA 15+CC47minOct 18, 2023
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Cree Matriarch Aline Spears survives Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. The story unfolds over one hundred years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Marie Clements
- Created by
- Marie Clements
- Studio
- Ayasew Ooskana Pictures, Eagle Vision
