Scattered and uneven, Take Me to the River never adds up to much in terms of narrative documentary, but the music it honors is more than powerful enough to compensate.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Martin Shore -
Producer -
John Beug , Cody Dickinson , Jerry Harrison , Brett Leonard -
Screenwriter -
Rick Clark , Jerry Harrison , Martin Shore , Zac Stanford -
Distributor -
Abramorama -
Production Co -
Social Capital -
Rating -
PG (Language|Thematic Material|Smoking) -
Genre -
Documentary , Music -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 12, 2014, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Dec 5, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$27.3K -
Runtime -
1h 37m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby Digital
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