Bury My Heart at
Wounded Knee 2007
- Director: Yves Simeneau
- Based on the book by Dee Brown
- Cast: Adam Beach, Aidan Quinn, August Schellenberg, Anna Paquin
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Adam Beach – Smoke Signals
- Aidan Quinn – Nine Lives, Music of the Heart, Practical
Magic, The Stars Fell on Henrietta, Frankenstein, Benny and Joon, Desperately
Seeking Susan
- August Schellenberg – SGU Stargate Universe, 45 RPM, Geronimo
- Anna Paquin – X-Men Days of Future Past, X-Men the Last Stand, The Squid and the Whale, X-Men 2, Almost Famous, X-Men, Amistad, The Piano
- Why? The subject. Adam Beach.
- Seen: 30 May 2020
Internal conflicts, inter-tribal
conflicts, the ever-present threat of the American army, starvation, illness,
hopelessness, this is the story of the defeat, humiliation and near-extinction
of a whole people through massacres, lies, broken treaties and the grinding
wheels of history.
Based on Dee Brown’s ground-breaking book
of the same name, the film is meticulous, earnestly made and gripping. The
slight feeling of pedagogical important-film-of-the-week does not distract from
the fact that it is important, and good. See it. Read the book. History is
always with us. Never forget.
4
½ * of 5
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