ALFF: Bones of Crows Friday, February 10, 2023 at 5:30 PM MST
This is a general admission performance - the seats are on a first come, first serve basis when you arrive at the theatre.
Doors open 1/2 hour prior to start of performance.
Venue
Yukon Arts Centre Mainstage
300 University Drive
Whitehorse YT Y1A 5X9
Friday, February 10, 2023 at 5:30 PM MST
Ticket Pricing: (Select from price list after clicking "Buy Tickets")
Adult: $16.00
Senior / Elder (65 and Over): $13.00
Student: $10.00
Youth (19 and Under): $10.00
YFS Member: $13.00 Only available in-person or by calling the Box Office 667-8574 Hours: 1:00pm-4:00pm Monday-Friday
ALFF Live: Jeremy Parkin performs at 5:30pm Bones of Crows screens at 6pm
Marie Clements’ Bones of Crows is a powerful indictment of the abuse of Indigenous peoples and a stirring story of extraordinary resilience and resistance.
Born in the 1920s into a happy, large family, Aline Spears and her siblings are forcibly removed — through threat and essentially extortion by church and local authorities — from their home and sent to residential schools. There, they are victims of the cruelty of the priests and nuns who run the school. As the film clearly and dramatically points out, this psychological, physical, and cultural abuse was basically official government policy.
During World War II, Aline enlists in the military, where, in a great but not widely known historical irony, her contribution is highly valued precisely because she is still fluent in Cree — one of the languages the residential schools strove to eradicate. After the war, Aline returns to Canada to raise her children. Still haunted by the crimes committed against her, she endures years of anguish before she finally has the chance to confront her abusers.
Fearless in its denunciation of centuries of oppressive policies by Canadian governments and institutions, Bones of Crows is also a memorable paean to the resilience and determination of those who survived the residential schools — and especially those, like Aline, who sought to bring their oppressors’ crimes to light.
English, Cree, ʔayʔajuθəm, and Italian, with English subtitles.
Dir. Marie Clements, 2022, Canada, 127 min.
Content advisory: content relating to residential schools; child abuse, sexual and psychological abuse, racism
This event includes a 30- minute performance by Indigenous multidisciplinary artist Jeremy Parkin performing a live music set before the film, and will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers in attendance.
If you are sick or exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home. DO NOT attend the performance if you are ill. Please contact the Box Office at (867) 667-8574 or emailing boxoffice@yac.ca if you are unable to attend due to illness.
Performance Notes
This Event is General Admission - Seating is first-come, first served. Please contact the YAC Box Office at 667-8574 or boxoffice@yac.ca if you require accessible seating.
Proof of vaccination is not required for this event.
Masks are highly recommended but are not mandatory for this event.