One of the joys of independent films is how they can tell regional stories.
Winter’s Bone is an example of pitch-perfect independent filmmaking that is steeped in the region of its story. Set not so much as against the backdrop of the Ozarks as
and filmed in the rural Ozarks of Missouri, teenager Ree Dolly is searching for her father in order to save the family homestead. Mr. Dolly had placed the house as collateral for his bail and now a few days before his trial, looks to be skipping town.