Sultry and mysterious, Taylor Swift’s song Carolina evokes the wilderness within a lonesome soul, the haunting song resonates with all that Where the Crawdads Sing – the film for which the song was written – might aspire to express. But little time is lost before fingers are pointing at the outsider, Kya, the marsh girl. Jojo Regina infuses the young Kya with a spark that makes it seem plausible that at 10 she has enough survival skills to manage on her own. The older Kya (Edgar-Jones) is a radiant beauty. Where the Crawdads SingDirector: Olivia Newman; Screenplay: Lucy Alibar; Cinematography: Polly Morgan; Editor: Alan Edward Bell; Music: Mychael Danna; Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, Michael Hyatt, Sterling Macer Jr., David Strathairn, Jayson Warner Smith, Garret Dillahunt, Ahna O’Reilly, Eric Ladin