Barking Water

Before Oklahoma was a red state, it was known as the Land of the Red People, described by the Choctaw phrase Okla Humma. In his sophomore film, Sterlin Harjo takes viewers on a road trip through his own personal Oklahoma, which includes an eclectic mix of humanity.Irene and Frankie have a difficult past, but Frankie needs Irene to help him with one task. He needs to get out of the hospital and go home to his daughter and new grandbaby to make amends. Irene had been his one, true, on-again, off-again love until they parted ways for good. But to make up for the past, Irene agrees to help him in this trying time.With steady and graceful performances by Richard Ray Whitman as Frankie and Casey Camp-Horinek as Irene, this story takes viewers for a ride in the backseat of Frankie and Irene’s Indian car, listening to their past and the rhythmic soundtrack that sets the beat for a redemptive road journey. Harjo wraps us in the charm and love of Oklahoma through the people and places Irene and Frankie visit along the way. In this sparingly sentimental and achingly poignant film, Harjo claims his place as one of the most truthful and honest voices working in American cinema today. Barking Water is an expression of gratitude for the ability to have lived and loved.
CAST
Casey Camp-Horinek, Richard Ray Whitman, Jon Proudstar, Aaron Riggs, Quese Imc, Ryan Redcorn

Sterlin Harjo - Director Sterlin Harjo was selected in 2006 as one of the inaugural recipients (and the first Native American one) of the prestigious United States Artists Fellowship. Harjo's first feature film, Four Sheets to the Wind, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and has been widely screened nationally and internationally at film festivals and art cinemas. To enable him to concentrate on this production, Harjo was selected in 2004 as one of the Sundance Institute's first five Annenberg Foundation film fellows.

Screenings:

Sat. Jan 17 2:15 p.m. - BARKI17RA Racquet Club, Park City
Sun. Jan 18 noon - BARKI18SD Screening Room, Sundance Resort
Wed. Jan 21 6:15 p.m. - BARKI214E Holiday Village Cinema IV, Park City
Thu. Jan 22 2:30 p.m. - BARKI22LA Library Center Theatre, Park City
Sat. Jan 24 6:00 p.m. - BARKI24WE Tower Theatre, SLC