Bones of Crows, an Indigenous film directed and written by award-winning Métis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements, is beginning its free-screening tour across Alberta this week, moving into the first few days of March. The tour will be stopping in Calgary, Lac La Biche, Conklin, Fort McMurray, and Grande Prairie, with dates to be confirmed in Fort Chipewyan and Ermineskin First Nation.

The fictional drama follows the life of Aline Spears, a Cree woman who grew up in Manitoba, got taken to a residential school with her siblings in their youth, survived the schools and went on to serve in WWII, and, eventually, settled in with her family in her later years. The movie follows Spear's life until she is 86-years-old.

In a statement, Clements says that the purpose of the film is to show non-Indigenous Canadians the impact of the residential school system and how it was considered "a genocide against Indigenous culture."

Jerome Turner, location manager for Bones of Crows, spoke about how much being able to work on this film meant to him, mainly due to his family's Indigenous background.

"I'm hoping it helps to bring non-Indigenous people and Indigenous people closer to move forward together," he says.

​​Listen to the full CFWE Interview below with Jerome Turner: