Review: ‘Warrior Women’
Warrior Women (USA, 67 minutes) Dir: Christina D. King, Elizabeth A. Castle Programme: The Good Fight. (World Premiere) In Warrior Women, history is told by the women who made it. Centered on Madonna Thunder Hawk, a Lakota activist with a decades-long career, the film shares discussions she has with her peers and her daughter as they reminisce on community organizing, politics, culture, and family. Their words, supplemented by archival footage, create the story of Indigenous activism by women. It is the bonds between these women, which make the documentary remarkable. While the historical treatment of activism, depicting determination and