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Back Water
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Back Water

Apr 16, 2015
1h 5m
★ 0.0

A film about the changing nature of wilderness

Overview

In the middle of New Jersey exists a strange landscape of wetlands and wildlife migrations, garbage dumps and the ruins of industry, toxic waste sites and a river that tells the story of a civilization's new frontier. That is what seven young people have chosen to paddle through for 10 days, in canoes - A singular expedition, as romantic as it is political.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Splnlss Media

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