The Trail of Tears. The Indian-removal process continued. In 1836, the federal government drove the Creeks from their land for the last time: 3,500 of the 15,000 Creeks who set out for Oklahoma did not survive the trip.
The Reef had its world premiere as a market screening at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010. It was later shown at South Korea's Pusan Film Festival on 10 October 2010 and Spain's Sitges Film Festival. The film's Australian premiere was in late 2010 at both the Brisbane and Canberra film festivals.
The movie had been originally slated for a February 1, 2013 release date, but due to conflicts with several other movie release dates, it has been pushed back to an official February 14, 2013 theatrical release. On September 19, 2012 the official teaser trailer was released along with the teaser movie poster.