context of winters bone

Social
• The community is blighted by rural poverty, lack of opportunity, low educational outcomes and a sense of separation of mainstream USA infrastructure. Secretive and inward looking with an emphasis on family loyalty and ‘kin’ based around patriarchal power but dependent upon strong, resilient women. Methamphetamine use and addiction has had devastating consequences on families and individuals. The reality of financial insecurity, violence, domestic abuse and mental illness is ever-present.
Institutional 
• http://www.indiewire.com/2010/11/toolkit-case-study-how-indie-hitwinters-bone-came-to-be-244485/
• Based on a novel of the same name by Daniel Woodrell. Produced by Granik and Anne Rosellini through their production company, Anonymous Content. After several attempts to raise finance, the film received half its $2 million budget from a private equity deal which enabled it to go into production. Premiered at Sundance in 2010 and gained a distribution deal from Fortissimo Films. The film went on to take $6 million at US box office making it an indie hit. The film brought Jennifer Lawrence to wider attention.

taken from http://resource.download.wjec.co.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/vtc/2016-17/16-17_1-19/_eng/winters-bone.pdf