A coming-of-age story about four working-class friends growing up in Long Island, New York, as clam diggers. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as their grandfathers before them.
Run Time
96 min, Canada:87 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Rating Details
Rated R for language, drug use and some sexual content.
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Language
English
Keyword
Clam Digger, Digger, Clam, Friend, Long Island New York
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Colour
Color
Special Genre
Comedy Drama
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Period Film, Ensemble Film
Themes
Class Differences, Small-Town Life, Stop the Wrecking Ball, Death of a Parent
Diggers is a coming-of-age film directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers in 1976. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as their grandfathers before them. They must cope with and learn to face the changing times in both their personal lives and their neighborhood.
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