TY - JOUR

T1 - ‘I'm Still Not Crossing That’: Borders, Dispossession, and Sovereignty in Frozen River (2008)

AU - Dodds, Klaus

PY - 2013/10/1

Y1 - 2013/10/1

N2 - This paper considers the critically acclaimed debut film of Courtney Hunt entitled Frozen River (2008). Unlike many previous Hollywood 'border films', the focus of the film is on a frozen tributary of the St Lawrence and a border town in New York State and a Mohawk Indian reservation. By following the lives of two women, the paper reflects on how the film addresses multiple borders, sites of dispossession and a series of sovereign spaces along and across the frozen river. In a dramatic and compelling fashion, the narrative arc of the film serves as a powerful reminder of how security and insecurity and made and re-made in everyday life. Political geographers and border scholars could learn a great deal from examining closely the craft of the film maker.

AB - This paper considers the critically acclaimed debut film of Courtney Hunt entitled Frozen River (2008). Unlike many previous Hollywood 'border films', the focus of the film is on a frozen tributary of the St Lawrence and a border town in New York State and a Mohawk Indian reservation. By following the lives of two women, the paper reflects on how the film addresses multiple borders, sites of dispossession and a series of sovereign spaces along and across the frozen river. In a dramatic and compelling fashion, the narrative arc of the film serves as a powerful reminder of how security and insecurity and made and re-made in everyday life. Political geographers and border scholars could learn a great deal from examining closely the craft of the film maker.

KW - geopolitics

KW - borders

KW - sovereignty

KW - security

KW - dispossession

U2 - 10.1080/14650045.2012.749243

DO - 10.1080/14650045.2012.749243

M3 - Article

VL - 18

SP - 560

EP - 583

JO - Geopolitics

JF - Geopolitics

SN - 1465-0045

IS - 3

ER -