The Rider (2017)

After rising rodeo star and horse trainer Brady suffers a horrific brain injury, similar to one a friend of his had experienced that now confines him to a wheelchair, he is forced to reexamine the direction he wants to take his life. It feels like a fairly authentic portrayal of life amongst the Lakota Sioux on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, perhaps made further so by having Brady’s family played by his real life father and sister. After Nomadland, I was interested to check out Chloe Zhao’s other films. She has incredible eye for the wide expanses of middle America and some of the less celebrated people who incorporate those areas.