# Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Author: | Yves Simoneau; Clara George; Daniel Giat; Aidan Quinn; Adam Beach; All authors  
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Publisher: | [New York, NY] : HBO Video, [2007] ©2007  
Edition/Format: |  DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : EnglishView all editions and formats  
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 Read more...  
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  * Sitting Bull, -- 1831-1890 -- Drama.
  * Eastman, Charles A., -- 1858-1939 -- Drama.
  * Dawes, Henry L. -- (Henry Laurens), -- 1816-1903 -- Drama.
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Genre/Form: | Historical films  
Western films  
Television adaptations  
Films for the hearing impaired  
Drama  
Feature films  
Film adaptations  
History  
Made-for-TV movies  
Video recordings for the hearing impaired  
Television movies  
Historical  
Teatro  
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Named Person: | Sitting Bull; Charles A Eastman; Henry L Dawes; Ulysses S Grant; Henry L Dawes; Charles A Eastman; Ulysses S Grant; Sitting Bull; Sitting Bull; Sitting Bull  
Material Type: | Internet resource, Videorecording  
Document Type: | Visual material, Internet Resource  
All Authors / Contributors: |  Yves Simoneau; Clara George; Daniel Giat; Aidan Quinn; Adam Beach; August Schellenberg; J K Simmons; Eric Schweig; Wes Studi; Colm Feore; Gordon Tootoosis; Shaun Johnston; Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse; Eddie Spears; Lee Tergesen; Holly Bird; Fred Thompson; Anna Paquin; David Franco; George S Clinton; Dee Brown; HBO Films,; Wolf Films,; Traveler's Rest Films,; HBO Video (Firm),  
ISBN: | 0783154518 9780783154510  
OCLC Number: | 144528575  
Language Note: | In English and occasional Lakota or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.  
Notes: | Originally produced as a made-for-television motion picture in 2007.  
Based on the book by Dee Alexander Brown.  
Widescreen 16:9.  
Credits: | Director of photography, David Franco ; editors, Michael Ornstein, Michael Brown ; music by George S. Clinton ; production designer, Ian Thomas ; costume designer, Mario Davignon ; Lakota dialect coaches, Rose Crane, Marina Crane.  
Cast: | Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Colm Feore, Gordon Tootoosis, Shaun Johnston, Nathan Chasing Horse, Eddie Spears, Lee Tergesen, Holly Bird, Fred Thompson, Anna Paquin.  
Awards: | Primetime Emmy Awards, 2007: Outstanding Made for Television Movie; Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie (Franco); Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie (Ornstein, Brown); Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic) (Gail Kennedy and 2 others); Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Stephen Hunter Flick and 13 others); Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie (George Tarrant and 2 others)  
Directors Guild of America, 2008: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Miniseries (Simoneau)  
Target Audience: | TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-14.  
Description: | 2 videodiscs (approximately 132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.  
Details: | DVD, region 1, widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.  
Contents: | Disc 1: Little Big Horn --  
Red Cloud's camp --  
Cedar Creek valley --  
Christian names --  
Friends of the Indian --  
Assimilation or extinction --  
Standing Rock --  
Sorrow in his eyes --  
Tall tales --  
Ghost Dance --  
Tracks we leave behind --  
Uprising imminent --  
Wounded Knee --  
Witnesses --  
Closing credits (2007) (132 min.); Special features: Audio commentary with director Yves Simoneau [optional audio feature]; Audio commentary with Adam Beach and Aidan Quinn [optional audio feature]; Interactive historical guide [interactive feature]. Disc 2 Special features: Making history: The production of "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee" / HBO Films ; writer/producer, Evan Harris [featurette] (2007) (12 min.) --  
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee: Telling the story / HBO Films [featurette] (2007) (4 min.) --  
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee: The heart of a people [featurette] (2007) (6 min.); Photo gallery [slide show] (3 min.).  
Other Titles: | Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Television program).  
Epic fall of the American Indian  
Responsibility: | HBO Films presents ; directed by Yves Simoneau ; screenplay by Daniel Giat ; produced by Clara George ; a Wolf Films/Traveler's Rest Films production ; an Yves Simoneau film.  
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### Abstract:

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.