War Pony

The film is set in an impoverished community on the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota reservation, where it tells the casually interlocking stories of Bill and Matho. Precocious Matho is 12 old, obsessed with magic, has a crush on a girl from school and loves skateboarding and video games, while 23 years old Bill is a flirt who loves hip-hop, smoking weed and finding ways to make a quick buck. They’re typical boys with typical interests, but beneath this veneer of playfulness and normalcy, they’re faced with the systemic issues commonly present on reservations: racism, abuse, drug use, hunger and extreme poverty. Bound by their shared search for belonging, each of the boys grapple with identity, family and loss, as they navigate their unique paths to manhood.

Gina Gammell

Gina Gammell is a director and producer from California. In 2017, Gammell and Riley Keough created the production company Felix Culpa and they acquired rights to books, and started projects involving television and film. She has producing credits on films such as Welcome the Stranger, Sweet Lamb of Heaven, Dixieland and Heartthrob. She also directs popular music videos.

Riley Keough

American actress and model Keough, who has appeared in films such as Mad Max: Fury Road and Yellow, won the Golden Camera Award for best feature film at the Cannes Film Festival for her debut feature War Pony.