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Frozen river / Sony Pictures Classics ; Harwood Hunt Productions and Cohen Media Group in association with Offhollywood Pictures ; produced by Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae ; written and directed by Courtney Hunt.
Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Ray, a white woman and Lila, a Mohawk, both single mothers, both earning minimum wage and facing desperate circumstances, are drawn by the lure of fast money into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (97 min.) : digital, sound, color
- Publisher: Toronto : Mongrel Media, [2013]
- Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally distributed as a motion picture by Mongrel Media, 2008. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribers. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Reed Morano ; editor, Kate Williams ; music, Peter Golub, Shahzad Ismaily. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe, Mark Boone Junior. |
| Target Audience Note: | CHV rating: 14A. MPAA rating: R; for some language. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | French language version also available. |
| System Details Note: | Content available as a streaming video. |
| Awards Note: | Seattle International Film Festival, 2008: Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award |
| Source of Description Note: | Title from distributor's web site (viewed March 23, 2015). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Mohawk women > Drama. Police, State > New York (State) > Drama. Single mothers > Drama. Smuggling > Drama. Smuggling > Investigation > New York (State) > Drama. |
| Genre: | Streaming video. Feature films. Fiction films. |
