Beasts of the Southern Wild

(USA, 2011, 91 mins)

Executive Producers: Philipp Engelhorn, Paul Mezey, Michael Raisler
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
Screenwriters: Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Cinematographer: Ben Richardson
Editors: Crockett Doob, Affonso Gonçalves
Music: Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin
Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry

On an isolated stretch of land called the Bathtub, in the midst of the Mississippi Delta, six-year-old Hushpuppy and her father lead a fiercely independent existence, one seemingly built upon the flotsam and jetsam from a recently struck catastrophe… or perhaps one that is yet to come. First time actors Dwight Henry and Quvenzhané Wallis give powerhouse performances as father and daughter, two souls whose devotion to each other takes on mythic proportions. In this arresting work of fantastical realism, writer/director/composer Benh Zeitlin conjures a startling, triumphant vision of a childhood at the edge of the natural world.

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