The Legend of Walks Far Woman

The Legend of Walks Far Woman

AN UNTAMED WOMAN IN A SAVAGE LAND

1980 · 111 min · ★ 4.8 · Western, Drama, TV Movie

Walks Far Woman is a an Indigenous woman of the Blackfoot tribe. She takes revenge on two men who killed her husband and then she is ostracized by her tribe. She then is adopted by the Sioux, the tribe of her mother, and there she tries to start a new life.

Directed by Mel Damski · Written by Evan Hunter

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