Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Anna Paquin | ... | Elaine Goodale | |
Chevez Ezaneh | ... | Ohiyesa / Young Charles | |
August Schellenberg | ... | Sitting Bull | |
Duane Howard | ... | Uncle | |
Aidan Quinn | ... | Henry Dawes | |
Colm Feore | ... | General Sherman | |
Fred Thompson | ... | President Ulysses S. Grant | |
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Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse | ... | One Bull (as Nathan Chasing Horse) |
Wayne Charles Baker | ... | Jacob | |
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Brian Stollery | ... | Bishop Whipple |
Shaun Johnston | ... | Col. Nelson Miles | |
Gordon Tootoosis | ... | Chief Red Cloud | |
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Billy Merasty | ... | Young Man Afraid |
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Morris Birdyellowhead | ... | American Horse |
Eddie Spears | ... | Chasing Crane |
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 introduces legislation to protect Native Americans rights. In South Dakota, school teacher Elaine Goodale 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. Written by Jwelch5742
Very slow moving movie, which detracted greatly from the story it should have been telling. If you haven't read the book, or knew nothing of the history of this story, you would be completely lost.
The cast was great, and the acting was good. It is not the actors fault that the direction and editing was terrible. I had high hopes that the story telling would be straight forward, of a relatively well-documented event, based on the well known book.
The title is misleading; it is not Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, it is a small excerpt combined with some other story I was not familiar with. The ending of the movie is really mangled, combining color with black and white for dramatic effect, but it just doesn't work, especially when it never even shows the event depicted in the title.
Watch it for good acting, good music, great camera work, but don't expect to be educated, or entertained. The atrocities committed upon this Indian nation deserves a better rendition and remembrance, than presented here.