Falls Around Her

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

Falls Around Her is a 2018 Canadian drama film, written, produced, and 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]

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]