“The Osage Murders” is a historical documentary focusing on the events that occurred on the Osage reservation in the 1920s. In the early 1900s, death was all too common in the oil boom town of Fairfax on the Osage Reservation. Discover more films like this from the #PBSFilmFest at PBS.org/filmfestival. | Nebraska Public Media

“The Osage Murders” is a historical documentary focusing on the events that occurred on the Osage reservation in the 1920s. In the early 1900s death was all too common in the oil boom town of Fairfax on the Osage reservation. #PBSFilmFest | PBS

With the upcoming release of the movie Killers of the Flower Moon from filmmaker Martin Scorsese, there has been renewed interest in the murders that took place on the Osage Reservation in the early 1900s. “Osage Murders” is a historical documentary from Native American filmmakers Dan Bigbee Jr. (Comanche) and Lily Shangreaux (Oglala Lakota) that focuses on the events that occurred on the Osage Reservation in the 1920s. | Nebraska Public Media