Behind the concerns and complex feelings some Indigenous audiences have about Killers of the Flower Moon

While Indigenous critics praised actor Lily Gladstone’s performance in Martin Scorsese's new film Killers of the Flower Moon, which depicts the Osage Nation murders of the 1920s, some felt the Osage characters were underwritten or stereotypical and the violence unnecessarily graphic.

Behind the concerns and complex feelings some Indigenous audiences have about Killers of the Flower Moon
Actor Lily Gladstone who plays the lead character Mollie sits next to director Martin Scorsese

While Indigenous critics praised actor Lily Gladstone’s performance in Martin Scorsese's new film Killers of the Flower Moon, which depicts the Osage Nation murders of the 1920s, some felt the Osage characters were underwritten or stereotypical and the violence unnecessarily graphic.