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Aki

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Alex Heeney Seventh Row Nov 25
Melding the activist sensibilities and attention to the land of Falls Around Her with the more overtly experimental approach of Stellar, Naponse’s first foray into documentary is a thrilling look at a year in the life of Atikameksheng. Go to Full Review Joshua Polanski In Review Online Sep 25
Aki is a film of abundance... All [Darlene Naponse] needs for her documentary is this beautiful community, the land they live on, and her camera. Go to Full Review Shelagh Rowan-Legg ScreenAnarchy Sep 15
4/5
Naponse has crafted what feels, maybe not a love letter as such, but more a unique diary entry into a world that few outsiders get to see, and asks us to understand it on its own terms. Go to Full Review Valerie Kalfrin AWFJ.org Sep 15
a portrait of a world that we miss glued to smartphones and other screens. ... This is a film that invites—no, demands—that you sit in this place and these moments, absorb it all, and just be. Go to Full Review Will Bjarnar InSession Film Sep 15
B+
Even if the nonverbal languages spoken in Aki are all cut from the same cloth, that doesn’t mean they all express the same message, nor that they are all as hopeful as the last. Go to Full Review Jared Mobarak Hey, Have You Seen ...? Sep 15
Is Aki going to be for everyone? No. I'm not even sure it was for me. But you cannot deny its success at capturing the ethos of a place and people through unhindered images of life running its course. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Darlene Naponse

Director

Darlene Naponse

Screenwriter

Darlene Naponse

Producer

Jamie Manning

Producer

Jason Ryle

Executive Producer

Jennifer Weiss

Executive Producer
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Movie Info

Director
Darlene Naponse
Producer
Darlene Naponse, Jamie Manning
Screenwriter
Darlene Naponse
Production Co
Baswewe Films, Night Market
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Ojibwa
Runtime
1h 23m