Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

TV-14

2007

2h 11m

Drama

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In the 1880s, after the U. S. Army's defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the government continues to push Sioux Indians off their land. In Washington, D.C., Senator Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn) introduces legislation to protect Native Americans rights. In South Dakota, schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Anna Paquin) joins Sioux native and Western-educated Dr. Charles Eastman in working with tribe members. Meanwhile, Lakota Chief Sitting Bull refuses to give into mounting government pressures.

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John Leonard

New York Magazine/Vulture

01/11/2018

The cast alone commands respect.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

12/01/2016

4/5

Powerful drama which charts the greed, racial hatred, violence, deception, and injustice heaped upon Native Americans.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

10/03/2007

C+

A finely photographed made for television feature movie.

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Sophia S

07/15/2024

10/10 Movie, ITS SO GOOD! I learned alot more from this movie then my history teacher teached in 3 years.

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Eli K

@Eli22 06/14/2024

Can't put under List tag.

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KB B

@Okbullard 06/10/2024

It was such a compelling film. It's pretty sickening how the indigenous peoples were treated then and it continues to this day.

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maryann b

01/09/2023

It did a good job on the 2% it adapted from the end of what was a genocide that was brutal, and without mercy by europeans who seemed focused and intent on annihilating the entirety of America's indigenous tribes.

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01/23/2022

Fact based drama of the Wounded Knee massacre with some added perspectives to the story. Manages to not lose itself, or the viewer, in those other perspectives.

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wc w

08/25/2021

I recommend this film. But I'm annoyed that it's associated with Dee Brown's poignant account of the atrocities imposed on North America's First People. The scope of the book - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - reaches much further, and deeper, into the senseless invasions that took place between 1492 and 1890. Whereas the film focuses mainly on the Lakota people. I recommend that you watch the film but READ THE BOOK.

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Yves Simoneau

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Aidan Quinn

Henry Dawes

Adam Beach

Charles Eastman

Anna Paquin

Elaine Goodale

August Schellenberg

Sitting Bull

J.K. Simmons

James McLaughlin

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In the 1880s, after the U. S. Army's defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the government continues to push Sioux Indians off their land. In Washington, D.C., Senator Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn) introduces legislation to protect Native Americans rights. In South Dakota, schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Anna Paquin) joins Sioux native and Western-educated Dr. Charles Eastman in working with tribe members. Meanwhile, Lakota Chief Sitting Bull refuses to give into mounting government pressures.

Director: Yves Simoneau
Producer: Clara George
Screenwriter: Daniel Giat
Production Co: HBO Films, Traveler's Rest Films, Wolf Films
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 2h 11m

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