October Country
United States
2009
80 Min
Color
1.78:1
English
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A beautifully filmed portrait of an American family struggling for stability while haunted by the ghosts of war, teen pregnancy, foster care and child abuse. With rarely seen intimacy, sensitivity and respect, this vibrant documentary examines the forces that unsettle the working poor and the violence that lurks beneath the surface of American life. —IMDb
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Matthew_Lucas
30Dec10
A searing documentary about America's forgotten. Following the lives of one lower class family struggling to make it through their daily lives for one year, the doc presents a complicated portrait of modern life and explores the rarely seen underbelly (and reality) of the American dream. Few of its subjects are likable, but it's hard to ignore this kind of raw honesty.
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Aesthetic Voodoo: An Interview with the filmmakers of "October Country"
By Kevin Lee on February 13, 2010
October Country follows a year in the life of the Moshers, residents of New York State's economically depressed Herkimer Valley. Co-director
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By David Hudson on February 10, 2010
"The type of introspective, intimate domestic American nonfiction that has sprouted up so much in art-house theaters in the wake of the success
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