Lawman: Bass Reeves–A Truthful Western
This true untold story about the first Black US Marshall highlights Lawman Bass Reeves responsibilities for law enforcement in the Oklahoma Territories including Native lands. One of the most legendary lawmen in the Old West, Lawman: Bass Reeves (David Oyelowo) opens with Reeves heroically fighting in the Confederate army alongside his Texas slave owner on the eve of Reconstruction.
Despite brutal circumstances and the lawlessness of racists and prairie vigilantes, Reeves struggles to be a man with integrity in the face of immoral institutions. Crisis after...