Deadline reported Thursday that director Nia DaCosta’s will make her directorial debut with a film about the struggles of two sisters, one of whom smuggles people from North Dakota into Canada to receive healthcare. Yes folks, this is the kind of humanitarian struggle that social justice warriors heroes are truly forged in.
Deadline described the upcoming film, titled Little Woods, as a “modern western.” Of course, in these trying times, with the GOP basically killing people by taking away Obamacare, that would make sense. This seems like the most woke premise for an outlaw, Wild West type of movie if I’ve ever heard of one.
The subject matter was relevant enough for UK’s Independent Studios, which hopes to make the film into a sleeper hit at this year’s Cannes film festival after picking it up.
Little Woods will debut later this month at Tribeca’s U.S. Narrative Competition. It stars Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok and Creed), alongside actress Lily James (Baby Driver). The film’s full synopsis read:
For years, Ollie has helped the struggling residents of Little Woods, North Dakota, gain access to Canadian healthcare: smuggling in their medications, sneaking people across the border for procedures and profiting from drug trafficking on the side. After she’s caught and put on probation, she plans to go legitimate but is driven back into the underbelly of their oil boomtown by her sister, Deb.
A movie giving testimony to the progressive fortress that is Canada, and pointing out how deplorable oil country and middle America are? That has got to be a win with liberal connoisseurs at film festivals all over the nation.
The new director has been previously supported by the Sundance Institute, the New York Film Festival, Time Warner, and San Francisco Film. And, now, Independent was eager to back DaCosta’s debut film, saying,
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to represent Nia’s debut feature,” Independent’s Head of Sales Sarah Lebutsch told Deadline. “She is a hugely talented director who establishes an obvious immediate rapport to the actors she works with.”
If by “talented” she means a natural ability to pander to the Hollywood left, then yeah, it looks like DaCosta is definitely on her way.
