Woman Walks Ahead

"Woman Walks Ahead" tells the fictionalized account of the true-life events of widowed New York portrait painter Catherine Weldon (Chastain). In the 1880s Weldon traveled alone to North Dakota to paint a portrait of Chief Sitting Bull (Greyeyes). Her arrival at Standing Rock is met with open hostility by a U.S. Army officer (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 government forces, Catherine must stand up and fight for what is most important to her. (Gary Reber)