Frozen river [videorecording] / Cohen Media Group ; Frozen River Pictures ; Harwood Hunt Productions ; Off Hollywood Pictures ; produced by Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae ; written by Courtney Hunt ; directed by Courtney Hunt.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009]
ISBN: 1435928954
Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Single mothers New York (State) Drama.
Mohawk women Drama.
Smuggling Saint Lawrence River Drama.
Smuggling Investigation New York (State) Drama.
Police, State New York (State) Drama.
Crime films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Crime Feature. migfg
Feature films. gsafd
Credits: Director of photography, Reed Morano ; editor, Kate Williams ; music, Peter Golub, Shahzad Ismaily.
Performers: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O'Keefe.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R; for some language.
Notes: English dialogue, French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Summary: Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Ray, a white woman and Lila, a Mohawk are both single mothers, both earning minimum wage and facing desperate circumstances, are drawn by the lure of fast money into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. New York State Trooper Finnerty ultimately brings the two to justice.
