Barking Water is a 2009 independent feature film written and directed by Sterlin Harjo that premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival

2009 Sundance Film Festival

The 2009 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 15, 2009 until January 25 in Park City, Utah. It was the 25th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival.-Award winners:*Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - We Live in Public...

 and stars Richard Ray Whitman

Richard Ray Whitman

Richard Ray Whitman is a Yuchi-Muscogee Creek multidisciplinary visual artist, poet, and actor. He is enrolled in the Muscogee Creek Nation and lives in Oklahoma.-Background:...

, Casey Camp-Horinek, Jon Proudstar

Jon Proudstar

Jon Proudstar is an American Indian film actor, writer, and director. He first appeared in Madhouse with John Larroquette and Kirstie Alley in 1990.Jon attendind the 1998 Sunadance Writers Lab as well as the Sundance Director's Lab in 2005....

, Aaron Riggs, Laura Spencer

Laura Spencer

Laura Spencer is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. Laura was portrayed by Stacy Baldwin from 1974 to 1976, and since then has been played by Genie Francis, first from 1976–1982, and then from 1992–2002...

, Quese iMC, Ryan Red Corn, and Beau Harjo.

The film was shot in Oklahoma in the Summer of 2008 and is Harjo's second feature film. The film won awards for Best Film and Best Actress at the 2009 American Indian Film Festival

American Indian Film Festival

The American Indian Film Festival is an annual non-profit film festival in San Francisco. It is the world's oldest venue dedicated to Native American films and prepared the way for the 1979 formation of the American Indian Film Institute....

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