Frozen River

Frozen River follows Ray Eddy, a struggling mother in upstate New York who partners with a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants across the frozen St. Lawrence River. Driven by financial desperation and the need to provide a home for her children, Ray is drawn deeper into dangerous criminal activity. The film is a raw, intimate portrait of poverty, survival, and unlikely friendship.

• Courtney Hunt wrote and directed her first feature film.
• The film won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2008.
• Melissa Leo received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
• Much of the film was shot in upstate New York.
• The frozen St. Lawrence River serves as the smuggling route.

• "You do what you gotta do."
• "I'm not a bad person. I just do bad things sometimes."
• "This is my car. My husband's car. I'm taking it back."
• "We split everything fifty-fifty, no matter what."
• "There's always another way. You just have to find it."