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    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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    2007     Western    
    2h 13min
    CountryUSA

    Beginning with the Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE intertwines the unique perspectives of three characters: Charles Eastman (Adam Beach), né Ohiyesa, a young, Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation; Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg), the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, their dignity and their sacred land - the gold-laden Black Hills of the Dakotas; and Senator Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn), one of the architects of the government policy on Indian affairs.

    While Eastman and patrician schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Anna Paquin) work to improve life for the Sioux on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant (Thompson) for more humane treatment, opposing the bellicose stance of General William Tecumseh Sherman (Feore).

    Hope rises for the Sioux in the form of the prophet Wovoka (Studi) and the Ghost Dance - a messianic movement that promises an end of their suffering under the white man.

    This hope is all but obliterated after the killing of Sitting Bull and the massacre of hundreds of Lakota men, women and children by the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek on Dec. 29, 1890.

    Published in 1971, Dee Brown's book is one of the foremost works documenting the systematic subjugation of the American Indian during the latter half of the 19th century. It has sold nearly five million copies and has been translated into 17 languages.

    From Brown's encyclopedic tome chronicling the fate of the Dakota, Ute, Cheyenne and other tribes, the film focuses on the events leading up to the massacre of the Sioux, which many consider one of the most grievous atrocities in United States history.

    Directed byYves Simoneau
    Written byDee Brown, Daniel Giat
    CompanyHBO FilmsHBO FilmsHBO Films

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    Starring

    Anna Paquin
    Aidan Quinn
    Colm Feore
    Adam Beach
    Chevez Ezaneh
    August Schellenberg
    Duane Howard
    Fred Dalton Thompson
    Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse
    Wayne Charles Baker
    Brian Stollery
    Shaun Johnston
    Gordon Tootoosis
    Billy Merasty
    Morris Birdyellowhead
    Eddie Spears
    Holly Bird
    Sean Wei Mah
    Star Birdyellowhead
    Eric Schweig
    Jayson Therrien
    Chantal Perron
    Patrick St. Esprit
    David Cowley
    Jemma Blackwell

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