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Frozen River / Sony Pictures Classics ; Harwood Hunt Productions and Cohen Media Group present in association with OffHollywood Pictures ; written and directed by Courtney Hunt ; produced by Heather Rae, Chip Hourihan.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Single mothers--New York (State)--Drama.
- Single mothers.
- Mohawk women--Drama.
- Mohawk women.
- Smuggling--Saint Lawrence River--Drama.
- Smuggling.
- Smuggling--Investigation--New York (State)--Drama.
- Police, State--New York (State)--Drama.
- Police, State.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Crime films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (97 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2008.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Life in Massena is as harsh and barren as the frigid landscape. In this bleak terrain, two hardened single mothers are trying to make lives for their children. Lila is a widowed Mohawk whose mother-in-law "stole" her newborn son a year ago. Ray is a mother of two whose gambling-addicted husband just left town with the down payment for their new trailer home. Faced with little opportunity to make ends meet, Ray and Lila embark on an illegal venture transporting immigrants into the U.S. across Mohawk territory. With the money for the down payment within Ray's grasp, the women are determined to make one last run. When circumstances spiral out of control, the two women must make life or death decisions based on their friendship and love for their children.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 27, 2017).
- 2nd Place 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Best Actress
- 2nd Place 2009 National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA, Best Actress
- Won 2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Best First Film
- 2nd Place 2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Actress
- Won 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic
- Nominated 2009 Academy Awards, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Nominated 2009 Academy Awards, Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- OCLC:
- 1000293474
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