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.
as Aline Spears
as Adam Whallach
as Father Jacobs
as Sister Ruth
as Perseverance Spears
as January Spears
as Matthew Spears
as Older Taylor Whallach
as Older Aline Spears
as Percy Whallach
as Thomas Miller
as Archbishop Thomas Miller
as Young Aline Spears
as Young Perseverance Spears
as Preteen Johnnie
as Young Tye Spears
as TRC Film Director
as Jake Whallach
as Immpy
as Askuwheteau
as Chief Wandering Spirit
as Sally Whallach
as Father Walters
as Italian Translator
as Taylor
as Dr. Douglas
as Old Native Auntie #1
as Old Native Auntie #2
as RCMP Constable #2
as Sister Theresa
as Bishop Willis
as Charlie Tomkins
as Archbishop Dresser
as Father Claude
as Baby Jake Whallach
as Josh Sanders
as Young Percy Whallach
as Sister Mary
as Young Dr. Tim Wallach
as Young Taylor Whallach
as Father John
as Female Inmate
as Roger Wells
as Justice of the Peace
as Pope Benedict XVI
as Barbra
as Dr. Dune
as Father Davis
as Catholic Nun Nurse #2
as Daddy John
as Jewish Boy
as Grandma Mary Whallach
as Monsignor Louis Caron
as Freddie
as Askuwheteau's Father
as Dwayne Todd
as Young Talia Spears
as Older Jake Whallach
as Army Code Instructor
as Indigenous Choir Girl
as Stern Guard One
as Todd the Toad
as Elder
as Recruitment Officer
as Chief
as James
as Mike Hill
as Major Stevens
as RCMP Constable One
as Askuwheteau's Mother
as Young Adam Whallach
as Teen Perseverance Spears
as Young Police Officer
as Father Stevens
as Sister Colette
as Young David
as Stoney Guard
as Chief of Police
as Joseph Wilson
as Trueman Quinn
as Bitty Tits
as White John
as Jimmy the Pimp
as Symphony Conductor
as Concert goer (uncredited)
as Concert goer (uncredited)
as Tank
as Police Officer
as Adult Choir
as Choir Kid
as Bishop Willis (credit only)
