November 11th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Presented as part of the 30th Annual Krost Symposium
Wupperman Little Theatre, Schuech Fine Arts
The themes of gender and poverty, race and poverty are central to it but in a new way (the border used for smuggling illegal immigrants is the New York-Quebec border and the race issue revolves around Mowhaks). This movie takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-kno wn border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women - one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances - are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River.
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