Storyline

Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid nineteenth century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to his child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier mining town. Can "Little Jo" live and love without revealing his secret?—Martin Lewison

Plot Keywords

young woman, stableman, shepherd, wife, laborer, businessman, powerful, solemn, offbeat, brutal, montana, small town, cross-dressing, gender identity, old west, misogyny, secret, unwanted pregnancy, transformation, growing up, 1890s

Short Review

The Ballad of Little Jo is a taut, unconventional adventure that takes aim at the glorious macho westerns of the past.

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