Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Resource Information

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Label

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Statement of responsibility

HBO Films presents ; directed by Yves Simoneau ; screenplay by Daniel Giat ; produced by Clara George ; a Wolf Films/Traveler's Rest Films production

Title variation

Epic fall of the American Indian

Contributor

• Studi, Wes
• Schellenberg, August
• Tootoosis, Gordon
• Schweig, Eric, 1967-
• Thompson, Fred, 1942-2015
• HBO Films
• HBO Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Traveler's Rest Films
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Wolf Films
• Simmons, J. K
• Beach, Adam, 1972-
• Simoneau, Yves
• Feore, Colm, 1958-
• George, Clara
• Giat, Daniel
• Paquin, Anna
• Quinn, Aidan

Actor

• Tootoosis, Gordon
• Beach, Adam, 1972-
• Feore, Colm, 1958-
• Paquin, Anna
• Quinn, Aidan
• Schellenberg, August
• Schweig, Eric, 1967-
• Simmons, J. K
• Studi, Wes
• Thompson, Fred, 1942-2015

Screenwriter

• Giat, Daniel

Director

• Simoneau, Yves

Producer

• George, Clara

Subject

• Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1890-1891
• Dawes, Henry L., (Henry Laurens), 1816-1903
• Eastman, Charles Alexander, 1858-1939
• Grant, Ulysses S., (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
• Historical television programs
• Indians of North America -- Great Plains
• Indians, Treatment of -- North America
• Made-for-TV movies
• Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
• United States -- History -- 1865-1898
• United States, Army | Cavalry, 7th
• United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• West (U.S.)
• Western television programs
• Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
• Television adaptations
• Brown, Dee Alexander -- Television adaptations

Genre

• Made-for-TV movies
• Western television programs
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Television adaptations
• Historical television programs

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng

Summary

By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in the Black Hills--on Sioux land. In this film, the lives of Charles Eastman-a Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor; Senator Henry Dawes-member of the Committee on Indian Affairs; and Sitting Bull intersect in a manner that seems fated. The question that faces the government and the Sioux seems to leave two answers: assimilation versus extermination? It is answered by the assassination of Sitting Bull and the massacre of hundreds of Indian men, women, and children by the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek on Dec. 29, 1890

Member of

• Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Television program)

Cataloging source

PWL

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, David Franco ; editors, Michael Ornstein, Michael Brown ; music by George S. Clinton

Language note

English (Dolby 5.1) or Spanish (Dolby 2.0) dialogue; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Colm Feore, Gordon Tootoosis, Fred Thompson, Anna Paquin

Runtime

132

Technique

live action