Rivers Wash Over Me

Rivers Wash Over Me

NR 2009 · 87 min · ★ 4.7 · Drama

After his mother dies, Sequan, a sensitive teenager from Brooklyn, moves in with relatives living in a small town plagued with secrets hidden deep within its lush, rural Alabama terrain. Sequan finds refuge in a friendship with a troubled girl who astutely hones in on his true sexuality and introduces him to her cute brother.

Directed by John G. Young · Written by Darien Sills-Evans

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