Screenwriter Takes Aim at Native American Racism
In the final moments of the film Hell or High Water, Sheriff Marcus Hamilton, played by Jeff Bridges, visits one of the brothers responsible for a string of bank robberies in several small, struggling towns of West Texas. After taking stock of what those acts have cost in lives, as well as what they have yielded for the brother and his family, Bridges chuckles: “The things we do for our kids, huh?”
The screenwriter, Taylor Sheridan, has a way with a wryly humorous and understated line. He came late to writing, but he came at it hard. The film , only the second script he has written, was nominated for several Oscars, including best original screenplay (it was also 2016’s highest-grossing indie). His first script,, another critical and commercial, he got to direct himself.
