South Dakota gets close-up in 'East of Wall,' a docu-fiction film

Mom of 3 Works on Late Fiancé’s Ranch with Her New Partner. Now She’s Playing Herself in a Movie Based on Her Life

Tabatha Zimiga, a horse trainer in South Dakota, stars in new film 'East of Wall' alongside her real-life daughterCourtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Tabatha Zimiga.NEED TO KNOWTabatha Zimiga, a horse trainer from South Dakota, stars as herself in a new film, East of Wall, which premieres on Aug. 15For years, she's shown teens, who have found refuge at her 1,200-acre ranch, how to train the horses that everyone else has given up on"Sometimes, it'…

Movie Review: A lyrical ode to the real cowgirls of the new West in ‘East of Wall’

Filmmaker Kate Beecroft tells the story of some real Badlands cowgirls in the independent film “East of Wall.”

Review: Woman-centered western 'East of Wall' saddles up a sensitive docu-fiction hybrid

A real-life mother and daughter, Tabatha and Porshia Zimiga, become the stars of their own life story in a movie about women toughing it out on a modern-day ranch.

South Dakota gets close-up in 'East of Wall,' a docu-fiction film

Director Kate Beecroft spent three years living with a family in South Dakota before she started writing a script about their lives.

<em>East of Wall</em>: Land of Bad

East of Wall signals right away that it’s a modern Western, starting with TikTok videos that the main characters have made of their horses. Contemporary cowboys have been doing this for years, but it has taken movies a few years to catch up with that reality. This film, which opens this week at some Tarrant County theaters, gets there first, but that’s not all that Fort Worthers (especially those familiar with horses) might find notable about it…