Meet the Artists: Courtney Hunt, Director of "Frozen River"

Set on the US-Canadian border, "Frozen River" tells the story of Ray Eddy, a desperate trailer mom, who takes up smuggling illegal immigrants when she comes across Lila Littlewolf, a Mohawk smuggler. Ignoring the danger, the two women begin a spree of run illegal immigrants into New York State by driving them across the frozen St. Lawrence River in the trunk of a Dodge Spirit. The money is good so long as the ice holds...