剧情介绍
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee intertwines the perspectives of three characters: Charles Eastm an (Beach), n é Ohiyes a, a y oung, Dartm outh-educated, Sioux d octor held u p as li ving pro of of the alleged s uccess of assimilati on; Sitting B ull (Schel lenberg), the proud Lak ota chi ef who refu ses to s ubmit to U .S. gover nment po licies designed to strip h is people o f their identity, their d ignity and their sa cred land – the gold- laden Bl ack Hil ls of the Dakotas; and S enator H enry Dawes (Quinn), who was o ne of the architects of the g overnmen t policy on Indian aff airs. While Eas tman and pat rician schoolte acher El aine Goodale ( Paquin) wor k to improv e life for th e Indians on the res ervation, Senator Dawes lobbies Preside nt Grant (T hompson) for more humane treatme nt, opp osing the b ellicose stance of Gener al William Tecu mseh Sherm an (Feore ). Hope rise s for the Indi ans in the form of the prophet Wovoka (Stu di) and the Gho st Dance – a messianic movement that promises an end of their s uffering under the white man. This hop e is ob literate d after the ass assinat ion of Sitting Bull and the m assacre of hundreds of I ndian men, w omen and ch ildren by the 7th Cava lry at W ounded K nee Creek on Dec. 29 , 1890. W ritten by HB O Films详情
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