Welcome to this episode of Beckner and Lipscomb at the movies! In this review we talk about dir. Taylor Sheridan’s new grim neowestern, Wind River.

A young girl is found dead, frozen in the snow by Cory Lambert (played by Jeremy Renner) who is working as a hunter for the Fish & Game commission. The movie takes place in the remote, cold, desolation of Lander, WY and explores the role between hunter and prey against a backdrop of sexual violence and a quest for justice using the context of life within the Arapaho tribal reservation.

Elizabeth Olsen plays the character of Jane Banner – a big-city girl who’s office and home is in Las Vegas – is sent as a token effort by authorities to find the killer. Banner enlists Lambert’s help – and the search for the reason why a young, indian girl was found dead in the snow begins.

As a note – this movie reflects reality much more than some people may be comfortable with – or would care to think about. As the filming for this movie wrapped up – local elders from the Arapaho tribe met with the Director, Taylor Sherida, and presented them with a real-life list of tribal women who has been murdered, on the reservation, whose respective searches for justice had gone on unsolved. This movie is more than just a well-told and acted story – it is a film about difficult questions that must be asked and a troubling history that must be addressed.

We hope that you enjoy both this movie – and our review of it. We feel that it has not gotten the attention that it deserves.

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