JAPAN PREMIERE SCREENING followed by a discussion with Richard
Pena, Program Director, Film Society of Lincoln Center and
Director, New York Film Festival

SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2008. 17:00 hr. 20th floor.

FROZEN RIVER

Directed by Courtney Hunt

USA, 2007. 97 min.

In English. Sorry, no Japanese subtitles.

Set on a Native American reservation straddling the US-Canadian border,
Frozen River is a thriller about two single mothers - one white, one
Mohawk - whose desperate circumstances force them into the world of human
trafficking along America's "other" border. Ray (Melissa Leo of 21 Grams,
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada) and Lila (Misty Upham of Edge
of America, DreamKeeper) swear each smuggling trip across the frozen
St. Lawrence River will be their last, but one final run tests their
loyalty - and their very survival. Said Quentin Tarantino, who handed
out the film's Sundance prize: "[It] put my heart in a vise and
proceeded to=E3=80=80twist that vise until the last frame."

Winner of the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film
Festival=E3=80=80and Opening Night Selection at the 2008 New
Directors/New Films festival.

Film courtesy of Rezo Films International.

Please make your reservations at the FCCJ reception desk (3211-3161) to
allow for seating arrangements. Please note the earlier start time for
this event.

All movie screenings are private, non-commercial events restricted to
FCCJ members and their guests.

Karen Severns, Movie Committee.