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Dec 5, 2023 · An NPR Best Book of 2023 “The narrator of Ariel Lawhon’s The Frozen River is another stalwart heroine. . .detailed descriptions of the routines of village life give this narrative its intimate sense of connection — and set [the narrator] up for a pivotal confrontation.”
- Ariel Lawhon
Courtney's feature-length script is set in a real-life smuggling zone on a Native American reservation between New York State and Quebec where the lure of fast money presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be making minimum wage. Strapped for money and having been deserted by her husband, working class Ray (Melissa Leo), reluctantly teams up with Lila (Misty Upham), a ...
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 ...
Feb 10, 2009 · Not only does a frozen river play the title role, but the title also is symbolic of the lives of the people who live in this harsh, unforgiving, economically crushed little town where Bingo is the only place to maybe win a few bucks. These people, just like the Frozen River, are stuck fast without hope of fluid movement. They can't move forward.
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"Frozen River" is a dramatic feature film which takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women -one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate ...
Jun 29, 2009 · Original Title: Frozen River. Desperate women driven to do crazy shit: you gotta love ’em! Oscar nominations (Best Actress and Original Screenplay) and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for this ...
Frozen River: Directed by Courtney Hunt. With Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe. A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home.
