
Meek's Cutoff
The Road to Civilisation is Not Always Civilised.
A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
- Year: 2011
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Western, Drama
- Studio: filmscience, Evenstar Films, Harmony, Primitive Nerd
- Keyword: immigrant, gold, territory, tree, confidence, thirst, language barrier, bible, settler, pride and vanity, patriarchy, native american, getting lost, family relationships, oregon, usa, water shortage, salt lake city, utah, language and communication, held captive, leading man, covered wagon, pioneer, wild west, stranger, colonialism, racial stereotype, neo-western, mysterious stranger, modern western, woman director, native american captive, captured, oregon trail, colonial america, racial discrimination, lack of confidence, water, native language, white, families, patriarchal society, anti-indigenous racism, united states
- Director: Kelly Reichardt
- Cast: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson