Barking Water
2008, USA, 81 min, HD CAM, Canada Premiere
Director: Sterlin Harjo
Presented as part of:
Closing Night
Oct 18 2009, 7:00PM
Royal Cinema
Frankie is on his last road trip. With only a short time to live, he begs his old love Irene to take him home to make amends with his daughter and grandbaby. Director Sterlin Harjo takes us on a tour of the real Oklahoma in the backseat of an Indian car as two old lovers search through the wreckage of their past for redemption. A searingly honest film about finding hope, looking in the mirror without flinching, learning to love through pain and the ability to be truly grateful for being alive.
Director-writer Sterlin Harjo’s (Seminole/Creek) first feature film, Four Sheets to the Wind, premiered at Sundance and opened imagineNATIVE 2007. Harjo’s second feature, Barking Water, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, screened as a part of the highly acclaimed New Directors/New Film series in New York City and is the only American film playing in the Venice Days section of the 2009 Venice Film Festival.
