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THE OVERNIGHTERS

Directed by JESSE MOSS

Date

September 26, 2019

About Project

DIRECTOR

JESSE MOSS

COUNTRY

USA

RUNNING TIME

100 mins

YEAR

2013

LANGUAGE

English

ABOUT THE FILM

When fracking opens up oil work in North Dakota the small town of Williston is overwhelmed with desperate job-seekers with nowhere to live. Filmmaker Jesse Moss goes to document this social challenge. He is intrigued by pastor Jay Reinke, who with the reluctant support of his parishioners has opened the church as a shelter. But this seemingly simple benevolent action soon becomes fraught with complexity. Operating on a shoestring, Moss sleeps at the church with the men he is filming so intimately, and he is on hand when things take a strange and totally unexpected turn. An award-winning film; this reviewer’s favourite.

Awards
Sundance Film Festival – US Documentary Special Jury Prize for Intuitive Filmmaking
Miami Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize
Full Frame Film Festival – Inspiration Award

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