God's Country

Sandra (Thandiwe Newton) is very tired. It's been years of trying (and failing) to please her recently deceased mother, while also navigating the challenging politics and power dynamics at the college where she teaches. And then there is the racism, sexism, and toxic masculinity she encounters wherever she goes. But it's a confrontation with two hunters trespassing on her property that ultimately tests Sandra's self-restraint, pushing her grief and mounting anger to their limits.
"At every turn magnifying the dramatic power of this story is Newton, an actress of exceptional grit and grace who's capable of communicating more emotion in a single, simmering look than many pages of dialogue could exposit. She's in every scene of "God's Country" and rises to the occasion with a performance of ferocious strength and vulnerability, the greatest of her career. Though the film's mood of solemn restraint characterizes her work as well, Newton lays bare Sandra's inner struggle between lived defiance and learned despair as the fight of her life." Isaac Feldberg, RogerEbert.com