Barking Water Explained

Barking Water
Director:Sterlin Harjo
Producer:Chad Burris
Starring:Richard Ray Whitman
Casey Camp-Horinek
Jon Proudstar
Music:Ryan Beveridge
Cinematography:Frederick Schroeder
Editing:David Michael Maurer
Studio:Indion Entertainment Group
Dolpin Bay Films
Country:United States
Language:English

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.

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]

Notes and 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.
  3. Angelica Lawson, "American Indian Feature Filmmakers and Popular Culture", in Elizabeth Delaney Hoffman. ed., American Indians and Popular Culture, (ABC-CLIO, 2012),, pp. 98-99. Excerpts available at Google Books.