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North Starr is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 1 january 2008 with Chris Sullivan
North Starr (2008)
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Add to a movie listNorth Starr is a 2008 film directed by Matthew Stanton.
It was scheduled to compete in the Dramatic Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Synopsis
A young African American man living in Houston witnesses his best friend's brutal murder, then flees to the small, racially intolerant, backwater town of Trublin.Actors
Chris Sullivan
(Sprit)
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