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‘The Overnighters’ Is a Brilliantly Snowballing Drama of the Human Condition

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Christopher Campbell
Jun 29, 2015
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Small towns are a big deal these days, particularly for documentaries focusing on the disappearance of that part of America. But most of those films are focused on places that are shrinking, where poverty and crime are rampant due to factory shutdowns and other economic causes. The Overnighters shows a different dilemma. Williston, North Dakota, is expe…

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