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The Moody, Mixed Messages of <em>Wind River </em>

Taylor Sheridan has crafted an uneven, but potent, vengeance film rooted in the death of a young Native American woman.
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At the end of , the major-film directorial debut of Taylor Sheridan, we are informed that no records are kept of how many Native American women go missing each year. It is an odd political note on which to conclude. Because while revolves around the disappearance and death of a young Native American woman, she is largely missing from the film herself, appearing alive only in one brief

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