Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Length 122 minutes
Grace Dove | Phillip Lewitski | Rémy Girard | Karine Vanasse | Alyssa Wapanatâhk | Michelle Thrush | Glen Gould | Gail Maurice | Carla-Rae | Cara Gee | Jonathan Whitesell | Patrick Garrow | Summer Testawich | Sierra Rose McRae | Ethan Evans | Payne Merasty | Alanis Obomsawin | Joshua Odjick | Paulina Jewel Alexis | Conner Alook-Oar | Gerald Auger | Shannon Baker | Linden Banks | Marcio Barauna | Tanaya Beatty | Tim Beckmann | Mariel Belanger | Sharla Berg | Neville Bowman | Lesli Brownlee | Guy Castonguay | Kindall Charters | Dean Christy | Harrison Coe | Marcel Jayden Ray Commodore | Jonathon Connelly | Jaina Dargatz | Nancy Duchaine | Cameron Fraser-Monroe | Teya Gabriel | Alexey Gammer | Rosemary Georgeson | Jeff Gladstone | Michael Goudge | Dominic Greco | Jenn Griffin | Brett Harris | Nick Heffelfinger | Kendra Hesketh | Trevor Hinton | Benjamin Jacobson | Margo Kane | Claude Knowlton | Carter Kus | Daryll Laboucan | Wayne Lavallee | Ava Ahn Le | Kevin Loring | Allan Luna | Mayson Marshall | Trina McDonald | Ridley Havok McLeod | Alain Mickelson | Jeremy O'Driscoll | Valerie Oliver | Thomas Orr-Loney | Jayden Paul | Tahmoh Penikett | Lucas Penner | Ruth Peters | Tyler Peters | Kwetca'min Dawn Pierre | Nathan Plumite | Vance Potter | Shannon Rattai | Devin Rennie | Regan Ross | Dane Stevens | Jaxon Swakum-Malloway | John Tench | Astrid Trueman | Corey Turner | Ron Wear | Jesse Zubot | Denis Corbett | Yolanda Corbett | Tess Hunter