Woman Walks Ahead Page #3

Synopsis: The story follows Catherine Weldon (Jessica Chastain), who moved from Brooklyn to the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota Territory to help Sioux chieftain Sitting Bull keep the land for his people. Weldon wrote letters to the federal government on behalf of Sitting Bull and lived on the land for several years with her son.
Director(s): Susanna White
Production: A24 and DIRECTV
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
R
Year:
2017
101 min
1,202 Views


No. Agent burnt it.

He burnt it?

Well, naturally.

He's God Almighty here, right?

I read it, though,

before he burnt it.

Is it true

you've painted senators?

Before I married,

I used to paint commissions

for the Smithsonian.

I wanted Sitting Bull to know

that I've painted

important people before.

[DOG BARKS]

This isn't the way

I came from the station.

Where are we?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[KNOCKS]

- [DOOR OPENS]

- [CHASKA SPEAKS LAKOTA]

[SHE SPEAKS LAKOTA]

He's in the fields,

digging potatoes.

- Who is?

- My uncle.

Sitting Bull.

[GRUNTS]

There he is.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

My name's Catherine Weldon.

I'm deeply honored to meet you.

[THEY SPEAK LAKOTA]

What happened?

Don't I get an explanation?

I had this stupid idea

you might be able to help us.

Help with what?

I've got friends from Indian

school, Kiowas, Comanches,

and last summer a new treaty

took half their land,

and this winter it's our turn

but no-one here gives a damn.

The young ones just get drunk

and the old ones,

they dance a ghost dance.

[CHASKA] My uncle?

He says his day is done.

He'd rather dig damn potatoes.

What good

do you think I could do?

I thought you could get

a message to your senators.

Maybe they would listen

if it came from Sitting Bull.

Let's go.

I want to speak to him.

So, speak to him. He speaks

English well enough.

When he wants to.

Excuse me.

I have traveled many miles

from the east...

...across many...

...rivers and hills...

...for the honor

of speaking with you.

You got a train

from New York, right?

Did you get a Pullman?

- Yes.

- Nice.

They gave me free cigars too.

I have a proposition.

So, who have you painted before?

Oh, Congressman Tom Ochiltree

from Texas

and Senator Eamonn Brooks

from Idaho.

So, how much?

How much for what?

For painting someone's picture.

Oh, I usually charge $40

but in this case...

I mean how much

would you pay me?

I'd be happy to pay you $50.

$100.

[SINGS LAKOTA SONG]

$500.

$1,000.

That's a lot of money. I...

I don't have that kind

of cash with me.

There's a First National Bank

in town.

$1,000 it is.

Do we have a deal?

What?

It's raining.

[RAIN POURS]

How long has it been

since it rained?

When Lakota first meet,

we don't speak for a while.

Oh.

Words get in the way

of getting to know each other.

Sorry.

You could throw some wood

on the fire, though.

Lakota likes a woman

who works hard.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

That's not firewood.

That's furniture.

Oh! Oh.

Maybe I could make some coffee?

Well, to make coffee,

you'd need coffee.

- [DOOR RATTLES]

- [LAUGHTER AND CHATTER]

[WHISPERING]

The children want to see

the woman who brought the rain.

I've cleared this cabin for you.

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Steven Knight

Steven Knight was born in 1959 in Marlborough, England. He is a writer and producer, known for Eastern Promises (2007), Peaky Blinders (2013) and Locke (2013). more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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