True Women (1997)

Directed by

Karen Arthur

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 51m

Rated

16

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows three women in Texas over fifty years. They face the Texas Revolution, Native American conflicts, and the Civil War.

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What happens

True Women is a 1997 two-part American Western television miniseries based on the 1993 novel by Janice Woods Windle. It was directed by Karen Arthur and stars Dana Delany, Annabeth Gish, and Angelina Jolie, supported by an ensemble cast including Tina Majorino, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael York, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Julie Carmen, Michael Greyeyes, Powers Boothe and Charles S. Dutton. It was first aired on CBS over two nights in May 1997. Filmed in Austin, San Antonio, and McDade, Texas, the series covers five decades, from the Texas Revolution through Native American uprisings and the Civil War to the early stages of the women's suffrage movement. The miniseries marks the debut of sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff, who were uncredited. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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