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Woman Walks Ahead

  • 20172017
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Michael Greyeyes and Jessica Chastain in Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land.
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Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their... Read allCatherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land.Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land.
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    • Susanna White
    • Steven Knight
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    • Jessica Chastain
    • Louisa Krause
    • Boots Southerland
    • Susanna White
    • Steven Knight
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    • Louisa Krause
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    • 81User reviews
    • 54Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
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    Jessica Chastain
    Jessica Chastain
    • Catherine Weldon
    Louisa Krause
    Louisa Krause
    • Loretta
    Boots Southerland
    • Cab Driver NY
    Chaske Spencer
    Chaske Spencer
    • Chaska
    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
    • James McLaughlin
    • (as Ciaran Hinds)
    Kindall Charters
    Kindall Charters
    • Waiter - Sleeping Car
    Sam Rockwell
    Sam Rockwell
    • Silas Groves
    Jacob Browne
    Jacob Browne
    • Waiter - Dining Car
    Luce Rains
    Luce Rains
    • Old Man at Train Station
    Rod Rondeaux
    Rod Rondeaux
    • Indian Robber
    Rulan Tangen
    Rulan Tangen
    • Susan McLaughlin
    Michael Greyeyes
    Michael Greyeyes
    • Sitting Bull
    Monika Crowfoot
    • Seen By The Nation
    Debbie Black Lance
    • Old Sioux Woman
    David Midthunder
    David Midthunder
    • Shell King
    Bill Camp
    Bill Camp
    • General Crook
    Lyle Sandoval
    • Tracker
    Rachel Singer
    Rachel Singer
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      • Susanna White
      • Steven Knight
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    • Trivia
      The movie implies Caroline and Sitting Bull had no connection prior to her arrival in Standing Rock, which is inaccurate. They began corresponding around 1888, after Sitting Bull was in Washington, discussing fair prices for Dakota land and maps of the government's plans to reduce the size of the tribes' reservations at length.
    • Goofs
      When Sitting Bull speaks at the public hearing of the Allotment Act, he speaks of many chiefs who have died and are part of the land. One chief he mentions is Rain-In-the-Face, who passed away in 1905, fifteen years after the scene takes place. One can argue that Sitting Bull makes reference to his eventual passing though.
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      Catherine Weldon: It's darn hard being brave.

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    7/10
    Nicely done historical adaptation of the relationship between Sitting Bull and New York socialite and artist Catherine Weldon
    Well done historical story line between native Indian Chief Sitting Bull and New York socialite and artist Catherine Weldon. The landscape of the western plain fields where the native Indians main food source the buffalo were driven into near extinction, and the Indian reserves were lacking of any form of prosperity painted a picture of how the United States military power were still struggling with the embarrassment of General George Armstrong Custer's complete annihilation in 1876 at Little Big Horn made famous by Sitting Bull's victory and known as Custer's Last Stand.

    Jessica Chastain plays American socialite/portrait painter Catherine Weldon and she is desperate to paint the portrait of the great Indian Chief Sitting Bull played exceptionally well by actor Michael Greyeyes. Their friendship grows out of their respective and very different upbringings and life histories as well as their respective stubborn personalities. The symbolism of the white stallion Rico who was given to Sitting Bull by the great westerner Buffalo Bill is not lost on the audience as Catherine Weldon's childhood fear of horses (thus her preference to walk everywhere) is eventually defeated, ironically so is Sitting Bull to whom the audience is sympathetic towards the plight of the Native Indian(s).

    This is a simple yet historically valuable film that as I plopped the disc into our Blu Ray player very late at night even Mrs. Shullivan watched intently never falling asleep (which she would normally do) as both of us enjoyed the performances by Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes and Sam Rockwell as well as the historical value of this moment in time in the year of 1890.

    I give the film a credible 7 out of 10 IMDB rating.
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      • June 29, 2018 (United States)
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      • New Mexico, USA
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      • Potboiler Productions
      • The Bedford Falls Company
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