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Bury my heart at Wounded Knee / HBO Films presents ; directed by Yves Simoneau ; screenplay by Daniel Giat ; produced by Clara George ; a Wolf Films/Traveler's Rest Films production.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 3000037460 | HBO Home Box Office | (container)2000050905 | HBO Home Box Office | (disc)Language: English, Spanish Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: [New York?] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2011]Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0780677560
  • 9780780677562
Other title:
  • Subtitle on container: Epic fall of the American Indian
Uniform titles:
  • Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Television program)
Related works:
  • Adaptation of (work): Brown, Dee, 1908-2002. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, David Franco ; editors, Michael Ornstein, Michael Brown ; music by George S. Clinton.
Awards:
  • Winner of 6 Emmy Awards including Outstanding made for television movie.
Cast: Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Colm Feore, Gordon Tootoosis, Fred Thompson, Anna Paquin.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.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Director Yves Simoneau explores the plight of the American Indian in the later half of the 19th century in this docudrama exploring the effects of westward expansion and based on the book by Dee Brown. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio); Dolby digital.

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

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

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

Based on the book by Dee Alexander Brown.

Originally produced and broadcast in 2007.

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.

Bonus features: Audio commentaries with director Yves Simoneau, Adam Beach and Aidan Quinn; "Making history," a behind-the-scenes look into the production of the film including interviews with cast and crew; "Heart of a people," historical perspective of the American Indian experience as depicted in the film; "Telling the story," journey of the book to the screen; Interactive on-screen historical guide prepared by the film's screenwriter; Photo gallery.

Winner of 6 Emmy Awards including Outstanding made for television movie.

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