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.
Grace Dove
as Aline Spears
Phillip Forest Lewitski
as Adam Whallach
Rémy Girard
as Father Jacobs
Karine Vanasse
as Sister Ruth
Alyssa Wapanatâhk
as Perseverance Spears
Michelle Thrush
as January Spears
Glen Gould
as Matthew Spears
Gail Maurice
as Older Taylor Whallach
Carla-Rae
as Older Aline Spears
Cara Gee
as Percy Whallach
Jonathan Whitesell
as Thomas Miller
Patrick Garrow
as Archbishop Thomas Miller
