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River of Grass is a 1994 American independent film directed by Kelly Reichardt in her feature film directorial debut. Reichardt wrote the screenplay from a story by her and Jesse Hartman.
For thousands of years, when the water from Lake Okeechobee got too high, it would naturally spill over into the River of Grass, flowing all the way to Florida Bay.
The Everglades is a natural region of flooded grasslands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical realm. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee.
The Everglades: River of Grass is a non-fiction book written by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1947. Published the same year as the formal opening of Everglades National Park , the book was a call to attention about the degrading quality of life in the Everglades and remains an influential book on nature conservation as well as a ...
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Robert Fink
- 1947
Oct 13, 1995 · A housewife and a homeless man go on the run after a gunshot incident in Florida. The film is inspired by Terrence Malick's style and features Lisa Donaldson, Larry Fessenden and Dick Russell.
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- Drama
- Kelly Reichardt
- 1995-10-13
Learn how the writer and environmentalist coined the term River of Grass to describe the Everglades, a vast and diverse wetland in South Florida. Discover how she fought for its protection and celebrated its beauty in her book and articles.
Mar 11, 2016 · A bored housewife and a stranger go on the run after accidentally killing a man in the Florida Everglades. The film explores themes of natural space, insignificance and apathy, but lacks resonance and connection.
