The Westward movement — and a woman's perspective of that movement — emerges in the dramatic story of Delilah Fowler's first year on the Kansas frontier in 1869. Based on diaries of the period, the program reveals the cruel violence, and even crueler loneliness, which early settlers encountered — but above all, it shows the quiet courage of those who lived it.
Direction
Loden's final film — every frame aches with purpose.
Acting
Loden's silent suffering speaks volumes.
Director
Barbara Loden
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Commissioned for an educational TV series about westward expansion, Loden hijacked the format to deliver something closer to horror than history lesson.
Shot in just a few days with non-professional actors including Loden's own son as one of the children.
US
