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Where the Rivers Flow North (1993)

Where the Rivers Flow North poster
Directed by
Jay Craven
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging logger and his Native American partner struggle to hold onto their land in rural Vermont as a power company tries to force them out. The story follows their quiet resistance and the changes around them.

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What happens

Where the Rivers Flow North is a 1993 American drama film directed by Jay Craven and starring Rip Torn, Tantoo Cardinal, Treat Williams and Michael J. Fox. It is based on Howard Frank Mosher's novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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