Overview

• Sony Pictures Classics is rolling out the film in theaters on August 15 following its Sundance Film Festival Audience Award triumph
• Beecroft drew directly from three years living with Tabatha and Porshia Zimiga to weave real family moments into a scripted docu-fiction framework
• Tabatha and her daughter play themselves amid a women-led ranch operation in South Dakota’s Badlands, highlighting generational bonds and trauma
• Early reviews liken the debut to Chloé Zhao’s The Rider for its raw visual style and emotional depth but flag unevenness when non-actors interact with seasoned professionals
• The storyline’s urgency is grounded in a backdrop of rising South Dakota ranch bankruptcies, underscoring financial hardship driving the family’s pivotal choices