Tabatha Zimiga’s ability to tame wild horses is the stuff of legend in South Dakota in “East of Wall.” Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

“East of Wall” — 3 stars

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 nonactors playing themselves. The film won an audience awa

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