Cinema Q: Rivers Wash Over Me

USA, 2009, 87 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: African-American, American Indie, Coming of Age, Family Issues, Gay/Lesbian, Social Issues
Language: English

Digital presentation - After his mother dies, Sequan, a sensitive teenager from Brooklyn, moves in with relatives living in a small town plagued with secrets hidden deep within its lush, rural Alabama terrain. Sequan finds refuge in a friendship with a troubled girl who astutely hones in on his true sexuality and introduces him to her younger brother, who has a lot in common with Sequan.

DIRECTOR: John G. Young
Screenwriter: Darien Sills-Evans, John G. Young
Cinematographer: Robert Ansbro
Music: Kenneth Lampl
Principal Cast: Derrick L. Middleton, Darien Sills-Evans, Julia Carothers Hughes, Aidan Schultz-Meyer
Filmography: Parallel Sons (1995)
The Reception (2005)
US Distributor: Strand Releasing

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