Frozen River

Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women - one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances - are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. Ray and Lila - and a New York State Trooper as opponent in an evolving cat-and-mouse game.

 Nice acting, gritty story. Seeking to save enough money to buy a double-wide trailer, Ray stumbles upon the smuggling of human being across the Mohawk reservation as a way to skirt the law. Chinese, and Pakistanis are put into the trunk of her car, she is given half of the money on the Canadian side, and gets the other half when she delivers the human cargo. A sort of loyalty develops between the two women,both of whom are single mothers and don't have great prospects in life, as they accumulate enough money to reach for a piece of a dream.