While the acting was interesting, the false history deters from reality in such a way that you are left feeling underwhelmed. At one point Sam Rockwell's character talks about "Indian aggression" as a false justification for his own actions. He fails to mention that any "aggression" was defensive as Caucasian westward expansion meant the massacre and down right attempted genocide of Indigenous Americans at that time, a fact that is completely ignored. Sitting Bull's people did not move East to attack anyone, the Caucasian settlers were the ones moving west into his territory to push his people off of their land one way or another. Sitting Bull's band or village was not involved in the scrimmages which took place when the caucasians first entered their territory, but the government accused them anyway and attacked his village for no reason killing many children, women and men. The ghost dance was also peaceful but government officials massacred the dancers, again for no reason. These facts were conveniently left out of the movie and the ghost dance scene was devoid of feeling of what really happened to those innocent people. Such a shame that the producers of this movie had a real chance to finally tell the truth and instead opted for the more "accepted" lie.
Review of Woman Walks Ahead
