East of Wall is an authentic portrait of female resilience in the “New West” inspired and played by the women and girls who live it. Set in the Badlands of South Dakota, Tabatha, a young, rebellious rancher, who rescues and resells horses, must make hard decisions to deal with her fractured family, financial uncertainty of losing her ranch, and unresolved grief, all while providing refuge and the skills of the horse trade to a group of wayward neighborhood teens.
JBFC Programming Coordinator, Ian LoCascio writes, “Beecroft first met Tabatha rather serendipitously, when a cross-country road trip with the film’s cinematographer Austin Shelton led her to the badlands of South Dakota. The two were looking for inspiration for a film and, after befriending a local, they were told to go to a ranch just “east of the town of Wall,” where they would meet Tabatha, Portia, and their unconventional, very extended family. Beecroft was immediately struck by Tabatha and her family—and she wound up staying with them on and off for three years as she got to know them and began to devise what would become the screenplay for East of Wall.” Read more about behind-the-scenes highlights on the JBFC blog.
