Higher Ground (film)

Higher Ground
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVera Farmiga
Screenplay by
  • Carolyn S. Briggs
  • Tim Metcalfe
Based onThis Dark World
by Carolyn S. Briggs
Produced by
  • Claude Dal Farra
  • Renn Hawkey
  • Carly Hugo
  • Matt Parker
  • Jon Rubinstein
Starring
CinematographyMichael McDonough
Edited byColleen Sharp
Music byAlec Puro
Production
companies
  • The Group Entertainment
  • Ruminant Films
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • January 23, 2011 (2011-01-23) (Sundance)
  • August 26, 2011 (2011-08-26) (United States)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.8 million[1]
Box office$842,693[1]

Higher Ground is a 2011 American drama film directed by Vera Farmiga in her directorial debut.[2] The film is an adaptation of the 2002 memoir This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost by Carolyn S. Briggs, who co-wrote the screenplay. The film follows Corinne Walker (Farmiga) and her vacillating relationship with Christianity. The cast also includes Joshua Leonard, John Hawkes, Donna Murphy, Norbert Leo Butz, and Bill Irwin.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2011, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.[3] It screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 25, 2011, and received a limited release in the United States on August 26, 2011, by Sony Pictures Classics.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference The Numbers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Chang, Justin (January 24, 2011). "Review: 'Higher Ground' – This portrait of a Christian community marks a startlingly bold directing debut for Vera Farmiga". Variety.
  3. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (January 27, 2011). "Sundance: Vera Farmiga triumphs in the evangelicals-are-people-too drama 'Higher Ground'". Entertainment Weekly.
  4. ^ Kit, Borys (February 14, 2011). "Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Vera Farmiga's Debut 'Higher Ground'". The Hollywood Reporter.