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Bury my heart at Wounded Knee /

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...

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Uniform Title:Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Television program).
Main Author: Clinton, George S. (Composer)
Corporate Authors: HBO Films, Wolf Films, Traveler's Rest Films, HBO Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Simoneau, Yves (Director), Giat, Daniel (Screenwriter), George, Clara (Producer), Quinn, Aidan (Actor), Beach, Adam, 1972- (Actor), Schellenberg, August (Actor), Simmons, J. K. (Actor), Schweig, Eric, 1967- (Actor), Studi, Wes (Actor), Feore, Colm, 1958- (Actor), Thompson, Fred, 1942-2015 (Actor), Paquin, Anna (Actor), Franco, David, 1963- (Cinematographer), Brown, Dee, 1908-2002
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In English or dubbed Spanish, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : HBO Video, [2007]
Edition:Widescreen format.
Subjects:
Brown, Dee, > 1908-2002 > Film adaptations.
Sitting Bull, > 1831-1890 > Drama.
United States. > Army. > Cavalry, 7th > Drama.
United States. > Bureau of Indian Affairs > Drama.
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890 > Drama.
Lakota Indians > Drama.
Indians of North America > Great Plains > Drama.
Indians, Treatment of > North America > Drama.
United States > History > 1865-1898 > Drama.
Indios de América del Norte > Great Plains > Teatro.
Estados Unidos > Historia > 1865- > Teatro.
Western films.
Historical films.
Made-for-TV movies.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical > Television feature.
Television movies.
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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.
Item Description:Title from container.
Based on the book: Bury my heart at Wounded Knee / by Dee Alexander Brown.
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.).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English or Dolby digital 2.0 stereo. in Spanish.
Awards:Emmy Awards, 2007: Outstanding made for television movie; Outstanding cinematography for a miniseries or movie.
Production Credits:Director of photography, David Franco ; editors, Michael Ornstein, Michael Brown ; music by George S. Clinton.
ISBN:0783154518
9780783154510