Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Falls Around Her

Darlene NAPONSE 2018 Canada color 98min DCP
★ 2018 Toronto International Film Festival
★ 2018 Audience Choice Award, ImagineNATIVE

The film follows Mary BIRCHBARK, a legendary singer who returns to the vast wilderness of her reserve to reconnect with the land and community. Sensing that someone’s watching her, Mary embraces isolation while exploring the impact of past and present.

Director

Darlene NAPONSE

An Anishinaabe and a writer, filmmaker, and video artist. She worked with community leaders and elders to ratify the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek Constitution and continues related works.

Darlene NAPONSE

2002 Retrace

2003 Cradlesong

2008 Visibility

2010 Every Emotion Costs

2017 She Is Water

2018 Falls Around Her

 

Director and Writer: Darlene Naponse

Producers: Darlene Naponse, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss & Jamie Manning

Executive Producer: Christine Haebler

Associate Producer: Tammy Naponse

Composer: Julian Cote

Director of Photography: Ray Dumas
Editor: Teresa De Luca

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