How ‘Docufiction’ Helped Kate Beecroft Capture Wild Horses and Teens on Film

How ‘docufiction’ helped Kate Beecroft capture wild horses and teens on film

Director Kate Beecroft lived with rancher Tabatha Zimiga, her daughter, and a cadre of teen cowgirls for three years. She describes documentary fiction as “an incredibly collaborative medium.”

‘East of Wall’ Director Kate Beecroft and Stars Tabatha and Porshia Zimiga (Video Interviews)

One of the breakout hits from this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Kate Beecroft’s East of Wall, a movie set in an area of South Dakota referred to as “the Badlands” that very few people not from that remote region will know about. The story focuses on Tabatha Zimiga (played by the real Tabatha Zimiga), a rancher and horse trainer, who has created an extended family around her actual daughter Porshia and toddler Stetson (played by her real kid…

Interview: Kate Beecroft on "East of Wall"

The director discusses finding a true north for her debut feature in South Dakota where a captivating frontier family were big screen ready. The post Kate Beecroft on the Room to Roam in “East of Wall” appeared first on The Moveable Fest.