Once Upon a River .

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#OnceUponARiver

Remarkable debut by both filmmaker and lead actress(*debut* - she literally has no other credits😮!). Wonderfully modest coming-of-age story that definitely does not sand down the rough edges of what the experience is like, but one that also takes time to accentuate those warm, beautiful, (sadly all-too)fleeting in-between moments which also define that pivotal time in our lives.

You have to give massive credit to kid director Rose for taking on such a logistically challenging endeavour as her first feature, that, too, on a *micro* budget.

She's helped out quite a bit by DP Hornsby's wonderfully naturalistic lensing(ha! love that term!), and Rae's understated music.

But, finally, it's the great ensemble that carries the whole thing. All the supporting characters add so much, which is necessary given the episodic structure, esp. Ashton(from #BeverlyHillsCop! wasn't he awesome in that?!!!), who delivers the emotional gut-punch.

And, leading us all through all of this is DelaCerna. What a way to announce herself! My goodness, how did they find her? Her wary, watchful, quirky, headstrong, passionate character is what all of us wish in some way we could be, no?, just gathering all that inner resolve to push forth into the big wide world, ready to take on what tomorrow might bring(ah, youth…). Incredible!

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#HaroulaRose #CharlotteHornsby #Zac Rae
#KenadiDelaCerna #JohnAshton #TatankaMeans #AjuawakKapashesit #LindsayPulsipher #KennEHead
@ouarfilm @haroularose @filmmovement

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