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Barking Water (2009)

Barking Water poster
Directed by
Sterlin Harjo
Genre
independent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A dying man and his former lover take a road trip across Oklahoma to visit friends and family. They stop to see his daughter and granddaughter in the Seminole Nation capital.

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What happens

Barking Water is a 2009 American independent drama film written and directed by Sterlin Harjo that premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Harjo's second feature film, it stars Richard Ray Whitman, Casey Camp-Horinek, Jon Proudstar, Aaron Riggs, Laura Spencer, Quese iMC, Ryan Red Corn, and Beau Harjo. The film portrays a road trip by a dying man and his former lover across Oklahoma to visit friends and family, including his daughter and granddaughter in Wewoka, the capital of the Seminole Nation. Barking Water was named best drama film at the 2009 American Indian Film Festival, and Casey Camp-Horinek was named best actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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