Tag: Sitting Bull
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“Woman Walks Ahead” Tries to Revise a Western Past for an Audience Maybe Not Ready for its Future
By foregrounding the true story of Caroline Weldon (Jessica Chastain) an activist and actual portraitist of Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes), the director (Susanna White, an HBO veteran) and screenwriter (Steven Knight, Allied) insert artsiness in an attempt to elevate Woman Walks Ahead beyond its Western cliches.