Eleven minutes. One bullet. Zero forgiveness. This ain't your grandpa's Western.
A young woman in the Old West sets off on a journey of revenge after her sister is murdered.
Cinematography
Golden hour desert shots that make violence look almost holy.
Acting
Heinen's eyes do ten minutes of backstory before she speaks.
Editing
Eleven minutes with zero fat—every cut lands like a gunshot.
Director
Katherine Hughes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Katherine Hughes made this as her NYU thesis film—shot in one brutal desert day with a skeleton crew.
Part of a wave of 'feminist Westerns' (The Wind, Damsel) reclaiming a genre that historically silenced women to motivate male heroes.
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