Local director to premier movie in Black Hills

Sundance-raised filmmaker Chris Canfield will be premiering his new feature in Rapid City later this month. A “classic western with a horror twist,” Canfield decided to make his first feature-length movie in his childhood home of the Black Hills.

The premiere will be taking place at 7 p.m. on July 22 at the Historic Elks Theatre, followed by a Q&A with Canfield and producers Eric Corneliuson of Denver and Ryan Hall of Rapid City.

The plot centers on Dowanhowee, a Sioux Indian woman who crosses paths with an outlaw group known as the Dutch Wilder Gang and discovers one of the men is riding a ho...