The first trailer for War Pony, the directorial debut of Riley Keough and Gina Gammell, is here – and it promises to be an unflinching, tender coming-of-age tale.
The movie follows the interlinked stories of two Oglala Lakota people on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota: 23-year-old Bill (Jojo Bapteise Whiting) and 12-year-old Matho (LaDainian Crazy Thunder). We get a glimpse of Bill and Matho in the trailer, with Bill trying his hardest to make something of himself, while Matho is desperate to grow up. With the protagonists dealing with everything from tense family relationships to destructive life choices, this looks like a gritty realist drama shining a light on this particular American community.
