Film· 2023· Crime

Killers of the Flower Moon

by Martin Scorsese

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  • The Osage murders

The murders of members of the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma, killed for the oil rights on their land, and the federal investigation that followed.

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Killers of the Flower Moon

Set in 1920s Oklahoma, it focuses on a series of murders of Osage members and relations in the Osage Nation after oil was discovered on tribal land. The tribal members had retained mineral rights on their reservation, but a corrupt local political boss sought to steal the wealth. It is the sixth feature film collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio, the tenth between Scorsese and De Niro, and the eleventh and final between Scorsese and composer Robbie Robertson, who died two months before the film's release and to whom the film is dedicated.

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