2018 · drama · history · western
Woman Walks Ahead
Directed by Susanna White1h 43m2018
Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer intent on war with Native Americans.
Our read: Woman Walks Ahead (2018) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · history · western entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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