So Zhao’s film became a story of disability and brokenness, but also of life going on. ![]() One of Jandreau’s best friends, a former bull rider named Lane Scott, had been paralyzed in an accident far more devastating than Jandreau’s. While she was searching for a way into the story, Jandreau’s career came to an abrupt end when a bronco threw him and then stomped on his head, shattering his skull. Zhao wanted her next film to be about Jandreau’s world and way of life. A breathtakingly beautiful Heartland tale of joy, pain and loss in the Native American cowboy world of the Dakotas, Zhao’s fact-inspired film stars nonprofessional actors playing characters who are basically versions of themselves.īrady Jandreau is a young Lakota Sioux rodeo star who met Zhao while she was filming at a South Dakota ranch where he worked. ![]() “God saved my life”: The Rider star Brady Jandreau SDG Original source: National Catholic RegisterĬhloé Zhao’s The Rider is one of the best films of 2018 so far, and it might be my favorite of the 2018 films I’ve seen.
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