Barking Water

Barking Water
Barking Water
Directed by	Sterlin Harjo
Written by	Sterlin Harjo
Produced by	Chad Burris
Starring	Richard Ray Whitman ; Casey Camp-Horinek ; Jon Proudstar
Cinematography	Frederick Schroeder
Edited by	David Michael Maurer
Music by	Ryan Beveridge
Production; companies	Indion Entertainment Group ; Dolpin Bay Films
Release date	January 17, 2009(Sundance);
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated September 21, 2025

Barking Water is a 2009 independent feature film written and directed by Sterlin Harjo that premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Harjo's second feature film, it stars Richard Ray Whitman, Casey Camp-Horinek, Jon Proudstar, Aaron Riggs, Laura Spencer, Quese iMC, Ryan Red Corn, and Beau Harjo.

The film portrays a road trip by a dying man and his former lover across Oklahoma to visit friends and family, including his daughter and granddaughter in Wewoka, the capital of the Seminole Nation.^[1]^[2]

Barking Water was named best drama film at the 2009 American Indian Film Festival, and Casey Camp-Horinek was named best actress.^[3]

References

↑ Stephen Holden, "A Road Trip to the End of the Road", The New York Times , May 11, 2010.
↑ Ted Fry, "Final trip together sometimes clumsy, often touching." Seattle Times , April 16, 2010, via HighBeam Research.
↑ Angelica Lawson, "American Indian Feature Filmmakers and Popular Culture", in Elizabeth Delaney Hoffman. ed., American Indians and Popular Culture, (ABC-CLIO, 2012), ISBN 978-0313379918, pp. 98-99. Excerpts available at Google Books.

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[1] Stephen Holden, "A Road Trip to the End of the Road", The New York Times , May 11, 2010.

[2] Ted Fry, "Final trip together sometimes clumsy, often touching." Seattle Times , April 16, 2010, via HighBeam Research.

[Lawson-3] Angelica Lawson, "American Indian Feature Filmmakers and Popular Culture", in Elizabeth Delaney Hoffman. ed., American Indians and Popular Culture, (ABC-CLIO, 2012), ISBN 978-0313379918, pp. 98-99. Excerpts available at Google Books.

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