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- ↑ "'Clara' Is An Ambitious Hunt for the Meaning of Life Directed by Akash Sherman". Exclaim! magazine . 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
The film flirts with sci-fi, but director/co-writer Akash Sherman is ultimately more concerned with grappling with matters of the heart than with extraterrestrials.
- 1 2 3 Faizal Khan (2018-09-16). "At 22, Akash Sherman makes his TIFF debut with 'Clara'; here's his inspiring story". Financial Express . Retrieved 2020-08-14.
Sherman's family still lives in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, where his mother is a pharmacist and father a doctor.
- ↑ Steve Weintraub (2019-05-06). "'Clara': Patrick J. Adams, Ari Lantos, and Director Akash Sherman on Their Grounded Sci-Fi Film". Collider . Retrieved 2020-08-14.
At only twenty-three years of age, Akash Sherman has helmed an optimistic science fiction feature that not only got me interested in learning more about astronomy, but made me leave the theater thinking about what else is out there in our universe.
- ↑ "'This feels like graduation': Former Ryerson student debuts TIFF film at campus theatre". CBC News . 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ↑ Aleesha Harris (2018-09-21). "VIFF 2018: Clara highlights the search for signs of life beyond Earth, loss and love". Vancouver Sun . Retrieved 2020-08-14.
For Sherman, who also wrote the film, approaching the idea of life beyond Earth from a scientific perspective and coming from a place of spirituality didn't require two, mutually exclusive perspectives.
- ↑ Lee Billings (2018-10-11). "Clara Is a Story of Exoplanets, Existential Longing—and Real Science". Scientific American . Retrieved 2020-08-14.
The story behind the story is that I was a 19-year-old film student in an art history class, and I had an epiphany that all the great artists throughout history who we were studying would probably be out creating something at my age, not sitting in a classroom.
- ↑ Anita Bennett (2019-02-14). "Sci-Fi Pic 'Clara' To Get Day-And-Date Release Via Screen Media". Deadline . Retrieved 2020-08-14.
'Clara amazed us in so many ways,' said Needle. 'From the strong filmmaking to the complex, engaging story to the emotional performances. All of it shows why Akash is one of the best young filmmakers to watch today. We're so happy to be working with him, Ari and the rest of the team.'