In the film "Killers of the Flower Moon", which
premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Gladstone plays
Mollie Burkhart, a member of the Osage Nation whose family
members die under suspicious conditions in 1920s Oklahoma.
Because of his global reputation, Scorsese was uniquely placed
to dispel the myths that have prevailed, she said.
"Who else is going to challenge people to challenge their own
complicity in white supremacy ... except for this man here?
Other artists are doing that work - people listen to what this
one says," she said. "We need these allies."
Referring to deceptions that have prevailed, Gladstone asked:
"Why the hell does the world not know about these things? Our
communities always have."
In the film, Gladstone marries her white driver Ernest Burkhart
(Leonardo DiCaprio), whose uncle is the "King of the Osage
Hills" William Hale (Robert De Niro).
Hale presents himself as a friend of the oil-wealthy Osage,
while instigating their murders to cash in on the deaths.
The director, who filmed entirely on location in Oklahoma, said
the more he learnt about the Osage, the more he wanted to put
into the nearly four-hour film.
"I wanted to know everything I could about the Osage, and it's
overwhelming," he said.
Chief Standing Bear, principal chief of the Osage Nation, said
Scorsese had restored trust.
"My people suffered greatly. To this very day, those effects go
with us. But I can say on behalf of the Osage, Scorsese and his
team have restored trust and we know that trust will not be
betrayed," Chief Standing Bear told journalists in Cannes.
(Reporting by Miranda Murray; editing by Barbara Lewis)
(Photo: The 76th Cannes Film Festival - Press conference for the
film "Killers of the Flower Moon" Out of Competition - Cannes,
France, May 21, 2023. Director Martin Scorsese and cast member
Lily Gladstone attend. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard)
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