CW: Discussion of abuse

This week, Glenn and Daniel follow the western genre into the oil-rich 20th century and the terror of white supremacy in the Osage Nation with Killers of the Flower Moon (55:22).

May contain NSFW language.

FilmWonk rating: 10 out of 10

Show notes:

• [00:23] Review: Killers of the Flower Moon
• [39:33] Spoilers: Killers of the Flower Moon
• Native perspectives on Killers of the Flower Moon:
  • Gangsters are the villains in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government by Torivio Fodder at The Conversation
  • Joel (@trythebuffer)’s review on Letterboxd (via Twitter)
  • After “Killers of the Flower Moon,” There Are Many More Indigenous Stories to Be Told by Stephen Carr Hampton at Native News Online.
  • Indigenous ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ actors talk about their experiences during world premiere by Allison Herrera at KOSU (NPR).
  • A profile of Sundown, a 1934 novel by an Osage writer, John Joseph Matthews, written by Brian Phillips at The Ringer.
• The film features Fox News newsreel footage of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, and Daniel referenced another terrorist attack two years later in rural Levy County, Florida, the Rosewood massacre.

Listen above, or download: Killers of the Flower Moon (right-click, save as, or click/tap to play)