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Rivers Wash Over Me
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Rivers Wash Over Me

Nov 14, 2009
1h 27m
★ 4.7

Overview

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 cute brother.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

D Street Pictures
Dasefatcap Films
Strand Releasing

Cast

Derrick L. Middleton

Sequan Greene

Derrick L. Middleton

Darien Sills-Evans

Charles King

Darien Sills-Evans

Elizabeth Dennis

Lori Anderson

Elizabeth Dennis

Cameron Mitchell Mason

Michael Willis

Cameron Mitchell Mason

Duane McLaughlin

Ahmed Robins

Duane McLaughlin

Aidan Schultz-Meyer

Jake Anderson

Aidan Schultz-Meyer

Pamela Stewart

Alice

Pamela Stewart

Julia Carothers Hughes

Celeste Anderson

Julia Carothers Hughes

Terrance Epps

Coach WIlliams

Terrance Epps

Tina Jetter

Charity

Tina Jetter

Leslie Jones

LuEllen

Leslie Jones

Paul Kelly

Mr. Hack

Paul Kelly

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