Filmmaker Kate Beecroft points her lens toward the real cowgirls of the Badlands in the lyrical new film “East of Wall.”

The film blends fact and fiction to tell a story about the working women of South Dakota , skilled riders and trainers with ranching and rodeo in their blood who also can’t seem to catch a break. There are a few Hollywood actors in the mix, including Jennifer Ehle as a hard living grandmother with a lifetime of regrets as well as some nuggets of wisdom and Scoot McNairy as an out-of-towner who wants to acquire the land, but most of the cast are non-actors playing themselves. The film won an audience award earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival.

At the heart of “East of Wall,” now playing in select theaters, is Tabatha Zimiga, a South Dakota native whos

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