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Secrets and Lies Fill ‘Alta Valley’ in a Gripping Native American Drama (Movie Review)
Alta Valley
Rating: 7/10
Director & Writer: Jesse Edwards
Style: Action/Western
Time: 105 minutes
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uSgHoftoQg
Review by Mike Szymanski
What an intriguing, deep story set in the stunning desert country with a strong, if unknown, cast which makes “Alta Valley” an even more fantastic independent film find.
Jesse Edwards is the writer and director of this neo-Western where the women are the heroes, and the Mexican-Navajo culture and way of life are the backdrops to the story.
Lupe, played by a strong actress Briza Covarrubias, is off to save her dying mother who needs $50 grand to get treatments she needs for her brain tumor. She is going to visit a father that she doesn’t know.
Along the way, she finds herself in the middle of a confrontation with a blonde cowgirl named Maddy who is down on her luck after not quite scoring in the bull-riding competition she was hoping to win…
