Underplayed Gems

Falls Around Her (2018)

Falls Around Her poster
Directed by
Darlene Naponse
Genre
drama film
Country
Greater Sudbury, Canada
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A famous First Nations musician returns to her home community to rest and think about her life. She struggles with the fact that people still recognize her there.

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What happens

Falls Around Her is a 2018 Canadian drama film, written, produced, and directed by Darlene Naponse. 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. The cast also includes Tina Keeper, Gail Maurice, Johnny Issaluk and J.D. Nicholsen. 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. The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. It subsequently screened as the opening gala of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in October, where it won the Air Canada Audience Choice Award. It opened commercially in April 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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