We watched a movie called "Hostiles" recently starring Cristian Bale as a US army Captain in the late 1800's ordered to escort a dying Indian chief and his family to an Indian burial ground in Montana who have been imprisoned for 7 years on the army base. Problem is the captain has witnessed many of his comrades being killed by the chiefs tribe and doesn't want to do it, but it is an order from the president of the United States, who is reacting to growing sentiments in Washington about the mistreatment of Indians. So under threat of losing his pension he cannot refuse. He also knows their language.
It is a very disturbing film on many levels but worth watching to raise issues within ourselves about war in general and even I suspect will raise criticism within about a white film producers take on the story that is inadequately (IMO) trying to be fair.
On the plus side we learn it is harder to kill others once you get to know them.
Be warned, there are some brutal scenes of a family being killed and others.
I was thinking it possibly would be an interesting film for a discussion group?
who thinks its portrayal of academia is terrible (including way too many f-bombs being dropped, something that I found jarring, too).
