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Film: "Woman Walks Ahead"

A period drama about a headstrong woman (Jessica Chastain) determined to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull (a magnetic Michael Greyeyes).

Friday, September 21, 2018
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Visual Arts Center 104 Loew Auditorium
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Films
Fee required. Tickets required.

Based on true events, this gorgeously textured 1880’s period drama tells the story of Catherine Weldon (Jessica Chastain), a widowed artist from New York who traveled alone to North Dakota to paint a portrait of Chief Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes). Her arrival at Standing Rock is welcomed with open hostility by a US Army officer (Sam Rockwell), who has stationed troops around the Lakota reservation to undermine Native American claims to the land. As Catherine and Sitting Bull grow closer, and as their friendship—and his life—are threatened by imperious government forces, Catherine must contend with the violence that underlies her position. 

D: Susanna White, US, 2018, 1h41m

Part of the Indigenous Rising Film Series

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