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Wikipedia article
'War Pony' is an 2022 American drama film directed and produced by Riley Keough and Gina Gammell, in both of their respective feature directorial debuts, from a screenplay by Keough, Gammell, Franklin Sioux Bob and Bill Reddy. It stars Jojo Bapteise Whiting and Ladainian Crazy Thunder.
It had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section on May 21, 2022 and won the Camra d'Or award for best debut feature.
Plot
Follows the intertwined lives of two young Lakota boys living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Cast
* Jojo Bapteise Whiting as Bill
* Ladainian Crazy Thunder as Matho
* Jesse Schmockel as Echo
* Sprague Hollander as Tim
* Wilma Colhof
* Iona Red Bear
* Woodrow Lone Elk
* Ta-Yamni Long Black Cat
* Jeremy Corbin Cottier
* Ashley Shelton as Allison
Production
In 2015, while on production of 'American Honey', Riley Keough befriended two extras, Franklin Sioux Bob and Bill Reddy, while filming in South Dakota and later introduced them to her best friend Gina Gammell. Over the course of several years, the project began to take shape, through writing workshops, improvisation sessions, and meeting hundreds of locals in the community, to make the story authentic. The group began discussing an idea for a film revolving around two indigenous locals growing up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. They began writing the script based upon Bob and Reddy's life experiences and stories they had heard, ending up with too much material, and decided to split the story between two characters, and collaborated with local producer Willi White.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2022, in the Un Certain Regard section. It won the Camra d'Or award for Best First Feature.
Reception
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