''Riverhead'' is a 2016 Canadian

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directed by Justin Oakey."Riverhead: Small Town Violence In Newfoundland"
''The East'', September 15, 2016. Set in a small town in

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the populatio ...

, the film stars Lawrence Barry as Patrick Whelan, a community patriarch drawn into a

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when Michael (Stephen Oates) and Robert ( Evan Mercer) Windsor, the sons of a former enemy of Patrick's, return to town. The film premiered on September 16, 2016 at the

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. The original score was composed by the Norwegian experimental electronic group

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. The film received two

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nominations at the

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in 2017, for Best Actor (Barry) and Best Supporting Actor (Mercer)."Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards"

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, January 17, 2017.

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* 2016 films 2016 drama films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films set in Newfoundland and Labrador Films shot in Newfoundland and Labrador 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films English-language drama films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub