Debra Granik: "Winter's Bone"

Studio 360

Even among this year's Best Picture nominees for the Academy Award, there is nothing quite like "Winter's Bone" — a "rural noir" about a teenager making her way perilously through a community ravaged by the meth trade. Kurt talks with director Debra Granik about the choices that shaped this chilling tale of family ties in the Ozarks.

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