Dog Days of Summer is a 2007 American independent feature film directed by Mark Freiburger[1] and shot on location in Edenton, North Carolina.

Dog Days of Summer opens with adult Philip Walden paying a visit to the unnamed town where he grew up.

In a voiceover, he expresses his disgust over the ramshackle, broken down state of things, and, with trepidation, recalls "the summer I unwillingly grew up."

That summer kicked off with the arrival of Eli (Will Patton), as witnessed by preteen Philip (Devon Gearhart) and best friend Jackson (Colin Ford).

As the boys take pictures for Eli, they watch the lives of those they love unraveling around them, and struggle to hang onto their dream of an uncomplicated life where the sun is always high and the river is filled with fish...