Woman Walks Ahead

Catherine Weldon (Jessica Chastain), a widowed artist from New York who, in the late 1800s, traveled alone to North Dakota to paint a portrait of Chief Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes). Her arrival at Standing Rock is met 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 government forces, Catherine must stand up and fight for what is most important to her. (Closed captioning and audio descriptions are available for this film.)

WOMAN WALKS AHEAD will be the Senior Cinema Thursday selection for Thu, July 19 at 10:30AM (open caption screening). Sponsored by Chevy Chase House.