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Plot

The static living arrangement between three lonely souls living in a rural Mississippi Delta township is suddenly shaken up due to a tragic suicide in this intimate family drama from first-time writer/director Lance Hammer. Single mother Marley was barely getting by when her 12-year-old son James fell into a dangerous cycle of drugs and violence. Desperate to escape her current surroundings and save her son from becoming another statistic, Marley seeks safe harbor at a home on the property of Lawrence -- a man with whom she has been locked into a bitter feud ever since the birth of her son. Brought together by circumstance and left with little choice but to work through their hardships, Marley, James, and Lawrence do their best to move beyond the grief that has befallen them, and transform tragedy into the foundation for a new and hopeful future.
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
96min.
Theatrical Release Date:
10/01/2008
DVD Release Date:
11/10/2009
Distributor(s):
IFC
Director(s):
Lance Hammer
Starring:
Michael J. Smith, Sr. , Jim Myron Ross , Tarra Riggs , Johnny McPhail , Ventress Bonner
Themes:
Single Parents,Suicide,Mothers and Sons,Small-Town Life,Intersecting Lives
Tone:
Bleak,Deliberate,Intimate,Understated
Keywords:
drugs,feud,grief,hardships,interdependence,single-parent,small-town,suicide,violence
Country of Origin:
USA - Limited (09-04-2008)
Language:
English