Namwene Mukabwa is a Collider author focusing on classic, Western, historical, and contemporary films and television series.
Despite being the most decorated director in Academy Award history, John Ford has sometimes faced criticism for his portrayal of minorities in his Western films, particularly simplistic depictions of Native Americans in films like Stagecoach and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. Yet, Ford's films often confronted the bigotry of the Old West, leaving audiences to grapple with their own interpretations in works like The Searchers and Fort Apache.
Both Towers and Hunter were reunited with Ford on the film after previously having worked together . But in Sergeant Rutledge, Towers isn't the slave owner she was, nor the helpless woman falling in love with men of valor on the frontier during the Civil War in the earlier collaborations; she embodies that courage. Through her, Ford rejects old-school ideas about women and instead explores their evolving roles in cinema and society.
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