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Her Name Was Jo: Directed by Joe Duca. With Mary Cate Williams, Elisa Duca, Jim Constable, Nichole Naccash. Ten year old Jo spends her days along the Shenandoah River with her imaginary best friend Selma, fishing, scrapping for metal-surviving.
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- Adventure
- Joe Duca
- 2022-01-23
Apr 12, 2021 · Her Name Was Jo follows 10-year old Jo (Mary Cate Williams), who, after the death of her abusive stepfather, embarks on a journey from Virginia to Los Angeles in search of her biological father.
- Joe Duca
Ten-year-old Jo spends her days along the Shenandoah River with her best friend Selma, fishing, scrapping for metal–surviving. But when her abusive junkie stepdad dies, Jo decides, Selma in tow, to dump the body, steal the car, and set off across the country in search of her real dad, a legendary folk singer in Los Angeles.
When her abusive stepfather dies, a 10-year-old girl decides to dump the body, steal his car, and set off across the country with her best friend to find her birth father.
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- Joe Duca
- Drama
- Mary Cate Williams
Nov 19, 2020 · “Her Name was Jo” was included as part of the Alexandria Film Festival’s Girlpower Showcase, and while the film features a strong female protagonist, writer-director Joe Duca manages to avoid ra-ra saccharine earnestness to instead capture the understated power and strength of a young girl living on the margins.
Ten-year old Jo spends her days along the Shenandoah River - fishing, scrapping for metal, surviving - with her best friend Selma. But, when her abusive junkie stepdad dies, Jo decides to dump the body, steal the car, and set off across the country (Selma in tow) in search of her real dad - the legendary Jonny Alvaraz, Last of the Southern ...
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Ten-year-old Jo spends her days along the Shenandoah River with her best friend Selma, fishing, scrapping for metal–surviving. But when her abusive junkie stepdad dies, Jo decides, Selma in tow, to dump the body, steal the car, and set off across the country in search of her real dad, a legendary folk singer in Los Angeles.
