Barking Water

Barking Water is a 2009 independent feature 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.

Barking Water
Directed bySterlin Harjo
Written bySterlin Harjo
Produced byChad Burris
StarringRichard Ray Whitman
Casey Camp-Horinek
Jon Proudstar
CinematographyFrederick Schroeder
Edited byDavid Michael Maurer
Music byRyan Beveridge
Production
companies
Indion Entertainment Group
Dolpin Bay Films
Release date
  • January 17, 2009 (2009-01-17) (Sundance)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1][2]

Barking Water was named best drama film at the 2009 American Indian Film Festival, and Casey Camp-Horinek was named best actress.[3]

References

  1. Stephen Holden, "A Road Trip to the End of the Road", The New York Times, May 11, 2010.
  2. Ted Fry, "Final trip together sometimes clumsy, often touching." Seattle Times, April 16, 2010   via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  3. Angelica Lawson, "American Indian Feature Filmmakers and Popular Culture", in Elizabeth Delaney Hoffman. ed., American Indians and Popular Culture, (ABC-CLIO, 2012), ISBN 978-0313379918, pp. 98-99. Excerpts available at Google Books.


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