Reina of the West

A slow-burning, grounded western that trades gunfights for quiet resilience, with a heroine whose hard-won ranch and buried past keep you steadily invested.

Directed by

Krystal Bolden

Genres

Western

Starring

Trish D. Powell, Ellen Harris, Don Jeanes

Overview

Reina of the West is a western drama that chronicles the life of a black woman, Reina, who is forced to find a path of survival after her family abandons her. Finding other women with similar fates as her own, abandoned or outcast, Reina starts a ranch under the guise of a man's name but when a group of men in town get jealous of her ranch's success they devise a plan to shut down the ranch. Reina and her female ranch hands set out on a path to save their ranch but it also leads Reina down a road that forces her to face parts of her past that she hasn't truly come to terms with.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Survival, isolation, found family, identity

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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