This May Be the Last Time

For similarly titled works, see The Last Time.
This May Be the Last Time

Film poster
Directed by Sterlin Harjo
Produced by Sterlin Harjo
Christina D. King
Matt Leach
Music by Ryan Beveridge
Cinematography Sterlin Harjo
Shane Brown
Matt Leach
Edited by Matt Leach
Distributed by Sundance Channel
Release dates
Running time
 90 minutes
Country United States
Language English
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This May Be the Last Time is a 2014 American documentary film produced and directed by Sterlin Harjo.[1][2] The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014.[3][4]

After its premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Channel acquired the distribution rights of the film. The film received its TV premiere in Spring 2014.[5][6]

Synopsis

The film narrates that when in 1962 Pete Harjo, the director's grandfather, mysteriously went missing after his car crashed on a rural bridge in Sasakwa, Oklahoma, members of his Seminole and Muscogee community searched for him while singing songs of faith and hope that had been passed on for generations, with roots in both Scottish hymn lining and African American music. Harjo interviews family members and locals, as well as academic experts on the subject including Yale professor Willie Ruff and Rogers State University's Hugh Foley.[7]

Reception

This May Be the Last Time received positive reviews from critics. Guy Lodge of Variety, said in his review that "Filtering painstaking research on the evolution of Creek Nation hymns through a tragic narrative from Harjo's family history, the director's first nonfiction feature is artful and illuminating."[8] Justin Lowe in his review for The Hollywood Reporter praised the film by saying that "The mystery of Pete Harjo’s disappearance turns out to be somewhat more prosaic, although Harjo plays out developments in the missing-person search skillfully enough to maintain interest, much in the storytelling tradition of his tribal elders."[9] Amanda Rock in her review for Slugmag said that "This film gives insight into a small community that supported each other through a difficult time, both physically and spiritually."[10]

References

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