Retrieval
Beautifully made...a quietly stirring journey into America’s ravaged heartland of 1864.
The Retrieval
It is 1864: as war ravages the nation, on the outskirts of the Civil War business as usual continues for slaveowners and traders. The Retrieval follows Will, a fatherless 13-year-old boy, who survives by working with a white bounty hunter gang who sends him to earn the trust of runaway slaves and wanted freedmen in order to lure them back to the South. On a dangerous mission into the free North to find Nate, a fugitive freedman, things go wrong, and Will and Nate find themselves alone and on the run. As the bond between them unexpectedly grows, Will becomes consumed by conflicting emotions as he faces a gut-wrenching final decision: to betray the father figure he’s finally found, or risk being killed by his gang.
Genre
Drama,
History
Web Site
Runtime
94
Language
English
Cast
Christine Horn,
Alfonso Freeman,
Jonathan Brooks
FEATURED REVIEW
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
A tough, tender little movie, “The Retrieval” tells a story of divided souls wandering a divided land. It takes place in 1864, the year before the Civil War ended, and opens in the dead of night. As cannons boom in the distance, a 13-year-old black boy, a seeming runaway, takes refuge in a barn ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 5.16.14 - 5.22.14
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