Woman Walks Ahead
Jessica Chastain leads this historical law reform drama from Emmy-nominated director Susanna White (Generation Kill) and Oscar-nominated writer Steven Knight (Locke).
In 1890, Catherine Weldon, a painter from New York, travels to North Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes involved in the struggle of the Lakota people to get the Government respects their rights over the land where they live.
Less2018Rating: R103 minsUK, USABlack Bicycle Entertainment, Bedford Falls Productions, Potboiler Productions
DramaWesternHistorical
Woman Walks Ahead | Reviews
Variety
Woman Walks Ahead offers dimension to its leading lady, but holds its Native characters to the same old surface stereotypes.
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IGN
Woman Walks Ahead has some narrative issues but is ultimately a well-acted biographical drama.
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Entertainment Weekly
If it doesn't exactly feel revelatory or deeply explored as a historical document, it's still an intriguing story, capably told.
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RogerEbert.com
(Chastain and Greyeyes) do what they can to breathe some emotional fire into an underwhelming and often predictable script.
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Time Out
Jessica Chastain and Michael Greyeyes bring smarts and chemistry to this worthy Western.
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Woman Walks Ahead | Release Details
Woman Walks Ahead is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV and Disney+.