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Glory At Sea

Benh Zeitlin · USA · Myth / Fantasy / Drama · 26 min · ♥︎ 1.3K
From the director of Beasts of the Southern Wild

Directed by Benh Zeitlin · Starring Geremy Jasper, Henry D. Coleman, Chloe Tillis, Chantise Colon · 2008

In the wake of a devastating storm, a band of grieving strangers builds a ramshackle boat from the wreckage to sail out in search of the loved ones lost beneath the sea.

Benh Zeitlin's euphoric, handmade post-Katrina fable, the raw and soaring precursor to Beasts of the Southern Wild.

A hopeful human tale of mythological proportions shot on location in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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