Sitting Bull : [videorecording] / a stone in my heart ; John Ferry, LilliMar Pictures.
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FilmDescription: 1 videodisc, 83 minutes : DVD, b&w, color , enhanced for 16:9 widescreen, no region encoding ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Summary: Winner of the 2008 Fargo film festival award -- second place in both the Documentary Feature category and in the Native American Voices category. Author, John Ferry, spent four years gathering research for this captivating documentary, Sitting Bull : A Stone in My Heart. He also used that research to develop an oral history, the story of Tatanka-Iyotanka in his own words, recited in earnest authenticity by artist and activist, Adam Fortunate Eagle. Like documentarian Ken Burns at his best, the viewer is yanked head and heart to bear witness as Native America's most famous son talks about his life on the Northern Plains, the Battle of the Little Big Horn and finally, his complicated views of European American culture. Except for a few lines of dialogue invented for cohesion, it is Sitting Bull's first-person account of his life and times. And what an amazing life and time it was.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | BIOGRAPHY Sitting Bull S623 | Available | 33111005796731 |
Title from caption (viewed on July 8, 2008).
Winner of the 2008 Fargo film festival award -- second place in both the Documentary Feature category and in the Native American Voices category. Author, John Ferry, spent four years gathering research for this captivating documentary, Sitting Bull : A Stone in My Heart. He also used that research to develop an oral history, the story of Tatanka-Iyotanka in his own words, recited in earnest authenticity by artist and activist, Adam Fortunate Eagle. Like documentarian Ken Burns at his best, the viewer is yanked head and heart to bear witness as Native America's most famous son talks about his life on the Northern Plains, the Battle of the Little Big Horn and finally, his complicated views of European American culture. Except for a few lines of dialogue invented for cohesion, it is Sitting Bull's first-person account of his life and times. And what an amazing life and time it was.
DVD.
English