Falls Around Her

Falls Around Her is a 2018 Canadian drama film, directed by Darlene Naponse.[1] The film stars Tantoo Cardinal as Mary Birchbark, an internationally famous First Nations musician who returns to her home community to recharge and reevaluate her life, only to find that her fame is not so easily left behind.[1]

Falls Around Her
Directed byDarlene Naponse
Produced byJamie Manning
Darlene Naponse
Simone Urdl
Jennifer Weiss
Written byDarlene Naponse
StarringTantoo Cardinal
Tina Keeper
Gail Maurice
CinematographyRay Dumas
Edited byTeresa De Luca
Production
company
Baswewe Films
The Film Farm
Release date
  • September 8, 2018 (2018-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Ojibwa

The cast also includes Tina Keeper, Gail Maurice, Johnny Issaluk and J.D. Nicholsen.[1] The film was shot on the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation reserve near Sudbury, Ontario.

Despite Cardinal's long and distinguished career as an actress, Falls Around Her was her first-ever starring role as the main protagonist in a film.[2]

The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It subsequently screened as the opening gala of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in October,[1] where it won the Air Canada Audience Choice Award.[4] It opened commercially in April 2019.[5]

References
  1. "Falls Around Her opens imagineNATIVE". Northern Stars, August 28, 2018.
  2. "Tantoo Cardinal on getting her first starring role in a feature film". Q, September 5, 2018.
  3. "TIFF 2018: CBC Indigenous lists 6 films to watch". CBC News, August 29, 2018.
  4. "Darlene Naponse’s Falls Around Her wins imagineNATIVE audience choice award". National Screen Institute, October 26, 2018.
  5. "Indigenous actress Tantoo Cardinal shows her talents in two good movies opening Friday". Toronto Star, March 28, 2019.


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