The Overnighters (2014)

Directed by

Jesse Moss

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a pastor in North Dakota who opens his church to workers drawn by an oil boom. It shows the conflicts that arise between helping strangers and community pushback.

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What happens

The Overnighters is a 2014 American documentary film written, directed, and produced by Jesse Moss. It premiered on January 18, 2014, as part of the U.S. Documentary Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival, and it won the festival's Special Jury Prize. The film also won a prize at the Miami International Film Festival, at which it was screened on March 13, 2014. After its premiere at Sundance, Drafthouse Films acquired the film's distribution rights. It was released on October 24, 2014, in United States, with a portion of all box office receipts being donated to affordable housing charities in North Dakota. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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