: Critical essays on sites like Film Obsessive and Another Gaze critique the film for framing indigenous suffering through the eyes of a white male protagonist (Jeremy Renner). These critiques argue that the indigenous characters often serve as "props" or caricatures to facilitate the white protagonist’s stoic hero's journey.
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Director Taylor Sheridan (the mastermind behind Yellowstone ) wrote the film as a way to bring attention to the horrifying, real-life epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW). The film's final title card highlights the fact that while statistics are kept for every other demographic, missing Native American women are often left uncounted. : Critical essays on sites like Film Obsessive