The first trailer and a new poster have arrived online for the upcoming biographical drama Woman Walks Ahead. Directed by Susanna White, the film stars Jessica Chastain as artist and activist Catherine Weldon, Michael Greyeyes as Lakota Sioux chief Sitting Bull, and Sam Rockwell as Colonel Silas Grove; take a look below…
Based on true events, Woman Walks Ahead tells the story of Catherine Weldon (Jessica Chastain), a widowed artist from New York who, in the 1880s, 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.
Woman Walks Ahead is set for a theatrical release on June 29th and will hit DirectTV on May 31st 2018.
Originally published April 24, 2018. Updated April 27, 2018.
