Slideshow
THE BEND IN THE RIVER
Friday, August 14 – Thursday, August 20
Positively one week only
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY ROBB MOSS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY JOEL COEN AND FRANCES McDORMAND
Filming five friends intimately for nearly 50 years, director Robb Moss invites us to reflect on what it means to inhabit a life fully, in its contradictions and continuities. He began filming Barry, Danny, Cathy, Jeff, and Jim in 1978, when they worked as guides on the Colorado River and lived together in a nude commune—resulting in his short documentary, Riverdogs (1982). He resumed shooting as they came to terms with adulthood for his 2003 follow-up, THE SAME RIVER TWICE. The final installment of a trilogy about Moss’ free-spirited friends navigating their way through life, THE BEND IN THE RIVER weaves new footage of the group—now in their 60s and 70s—with images of their younger selves. As past and present fold into one another, these five sense the fragility of their lives, how memory reshapes experience, and how meaning is made and remade.
2025 82 MIN. USA
Reviews
“Every observation made by these subjects is quietly poetic. The very act of looking back when there’s not much distance left for looking forward is in itself poignant.”
– Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com