In 1845, early in the Great Western Migration, three families hire a mountain-savvy man named Steven Meekto guide a group of immigrants in an attempt to climb the mountain and find a new home. Mick, claiming he knew a shortcut, led the group into a remote trail in a vast desert, where they were unfortunately lost and trapped. As the days passed, the immigrants faced hunger, water shortages, and distrust of each other out of their survival instinct. This group of distrustful people grows more agitated as a patrol of natives crosses their path, confronted with a guide who has proven to be untrustworthy, and some that seem more dangerous people, who should they trust, and how should they choose.
Meek's Cutoff movie plot
2022-06-27 18:34
Extended Reading
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Jimmy White: [reading from Genesis] In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
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Emily Tetherow: [starting breakfast before sunrise] Workin' like niggers, once again.