Making certain community-led Lakota film wages war on discrimination

Cast of ‘War Pony’, about the South Dakota people’s setbacks, has high hopes for film which debuted at Cannes

23 May 2022 - 20:47 By Hanna Rantala and Mimosa Spencer

Set on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, War Pony began as a project among friends and over seven years grew into a community effort, said directors Gina Gammell and Riley Keough, who presented their directorial debut at the Cannes Film Festival...

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