/6UhzANAaqITYuE5arQmhJqyb1a1.jpg

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)

She dreamed of justice and fought for it in a place called Wounded Knee.

Genre : Drama, TV Movie

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Frank Pierson

Synopsis

Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her people. She aids the Lakota in their struggle for their rights: a struggle that culminates in an armed standoff with US government forces at the site of an 1890 massacre.

Actors

Irene Bedard
Irene Bedard
Mary Crow Dog
Charles Abourezk
Charles Abourezk
Attorney
Tantoo Cardinal
Tantoo Cardinal
Mary's Mother
Michael Horse
Michael Horse
Dennis Banks
Lawrence Bayne
Lawrence Bayne
Russel Means
Michael Spears
Michael Spears
Stat Man
Dean Norris
Dean Norris
Red Arrow
Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Mary's Grandfather
Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle
Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle
Old Man at HQ
August Schellenberg
August Schellenberg
Dick Wilson
Edgar Bear Runner
Edgar Bear Runner
Reasonable Man
Casey Camp-Horinek
Casey Camp-Horinek
Aunt Elsie Flood
James Hatzell
James Hatzell
Marshall
Nancy Parsons
Nancy Parsons
Sister Mary Margaret
Joseph Runningfox
Joseph Runningfox
Leonard Crow Dog
Peter Weller
Peter Weller
Uncredited
Eliza Morrison
Eliza Morrison
Lizzie Fast Horse

Crews

Frank Pierson
Frank Pierson
Director
Mary Crow Dog
Mary Crow Dog
Novel
Fred Berner
Fred Berner
Producer
Lois Bonfiglio
Lois Bonfiglio
Executive Producer
Toyomichi Kurita
Toyomichi Kurita
Director of Photography
Christopher Tufty
Christopher Tufty
Director of Photography
Richard Horowitz
Richard Horowitz
Original Music Composer
Katina Zinner
Katina Zinner
Editor
Steven P. Saeta
Steven P. Saeta
Co-Producer

Similar

Frontier Hellcat
Outlaws disguised as Indians commit crimes against settlers but Winnetou and Old Surehand are determined to unmask the bandits and keep the peace.
Maverick
Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game that begins in a few days, so he joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvellous southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
The Last of the Mohicans
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.
Asterix Conquers America
When marauding Romans capture - and catapult - their pal Getafix into lands unknown, the shrewd and cunning Asterix and his able sidekick Obelix spring into action! But their journey leads them to a strange and dangerous new world, where they must face a tribe of Indians, a stampeding herd of buffalo and a medicine man with designs on their magic potion!
Little Big Man
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Flaming Frontier
Old Surehand and his faithful old friend Old Wabble are on the trail of a cold-blooded killer with the nickname 'The General'. The brother of Old Surehand was murdered by him. On the way Old Surehand and Old Wabble are involved in the running conflict between settlers and Comanches who are likely to go on the war path. Old Surehand can count on the support of his friend and blood brother Winnetou, the amiable chief of the Apaches. Written by Robert
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
On her b-day, settler's daughter Apanatschi receives her father's secret gold mine but greedy neighboring prospectors resort to murder and kidnapping in order to get the gold, forcing the girl and her brother to seek Winnetou's protection.
Thunder at the Border
Firehand and his Apache friend Winnetou are determined to get justice for the murder of four young braves. They set off to track down the gang responsible for the horrendous act.
Friday the 13th Part 2
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, a new group of counselors roam the area, not sensing an ominous lurking presence that proves the grisly legend is real.
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Three rogues set out to rob $300,000 from an Indian-hating cavalry major.
Castle in the Sky
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
The Valley of Death
An army gold shipment and its escort vanish in the Ozarks, prompting accusations of theft and desertion but frontiersman Old Shatterhand and Apache chief Winnetou help solve the mystery of the missing army gold.
How the West Was Won
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Pocahontas
Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
Nurse Betty
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.
Across the Universe
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
The Searchers
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Trail of the Falcon
In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, sacred land of the Lakota people. Gold diggers, profiteers and adventurers flock to the region. Among them is the hard-hearted land speculator Bludgeon, who tries to expel the Lakota using brutal methods. Lakota warriors retaliate, and soon the gold diggers' town becomes a battlefield.
Nevada Smith
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.