Among Ravens

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Among Ravens
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Directed byRussell Friedenberg
Randy Redroad
Written byRussell Freidenberg
Produced byTeddy Grennan
Heather Rae
Dori Sperko
Starring
CinematographyDarren Genet
Edited byRandy Redroad
Terilyn A. Shropshire
Music by Will Bates & Fall On Your Sword
Steve Schiltz
Production
company
Iron Circle Pictures
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Release date
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Among Ravens is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Russell Friedenberg and Randy Redroad and starring Amy Smart, Joshua Leonard, Christian Campbell, Victoria Smurfit, Natalie Imbruglia, Will McCormack, Johnny Sequoyah and Freidenberg. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Plot

The story of a group of friends who reunite for their annual 4th of July weekend only to be confronted by Chad, a strange and beautiful nature photographer who begins to change their lives one by one. [5]

Cast

Reception

The film has a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [6] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film one star. [7]

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References

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