Bury my heart at Wounded Knee [videorecording] / HBO Films presents ; directed by Yves Simoneau ; screenplay by Daniel Giat ; produced by Clara George ; a Wolf Films/Traveler's Rest Films production.
Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Colm Feore, Fred Thompson, Anna Paquin. First broadcast on May 27, 2007. Based on the book: Bury my heart at Wounded Knee / by Dee Alexander Brown. Originally produced for television in 2007. Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary with Simoneau; optional audio commentary with Beach & Quinn; interactive historical guide by Giat. Special features (disc 2, 25 min.): "Making history : the production of 'Bury my heart at Wounded Knee'" featurette (12 min.); "'Bury my heart at Wounded Knee' : telling the story" featurette (4 min.); "'Bury my heart at Wounded Knee' : the heart of a people" featurette (6 min.); photo gallery (3 min.).
Summary:
Begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn and goes on to center around three powerful men. Charles Eastman is a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor. Sitting Bull is the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, dignity and sacred land. Senator Henry Dawes is one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and schoolteacher Elaine Goodale work to improve the lives of the Sioux on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant for kinder Indian treatment.
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