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2020 Sarasota Film Festival

Once Upon A River

โ€ข 1 hr 30 minโ€ข United Statesโ€ข English

About this film

It's 1978 and Margo Crane, a 15 year old part Native teen, must take to the Stark River on an odyssey. Akin to Huck Finn, this is a heroine like no other. Based on the best selling novel ONCE UPON A RIVER by Bonnie Jo Campbell.

Credits

Director
Haroula Rose
Producer
JJ Ingram, Haroula Rose
Screenwriter
Haroula Rose (screenplay), Bonnie Jo Campbell (novel)
Cast
Kenadi Delacerna, Tatanka Means, Josephine Decker, Coburn Goss, Sam Straley, Ajuawak Kapashesit, John Ashton, Kenn E Head, Lindsay Pulsipher
Narrative Competition (Features) coming of ageDramaCommunity Screeningnative americanAfrican American Spotlightperiod piece
Once Upon A River
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