Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007 · 125 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 7,887 VOTES · DIR. Yves Simoneau

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Overview

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,220 lines

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00:01:11 There is an Indian proverb...
00:07:25 Along with a three-year depression and a bankrupt treasury.
00:12:20 They were hunting for white scalps.
00:18:34 Tell me then, how far away should I take my men?
00:21:14 I have had my say with you.
00:29:40 But you cannot use our land as a base from which to attack the United States.
00:34:24 where he is soon to graduate
00:38:10 "Excuse me, missus, I am certain... "
00:47:01 Elaine Goodale was up the other day
00:49:32 With your vote on this bill, gentlemen
00:53:07 There'll be a new Congress.
01:01:58 Flour, one shawl, seeds.
01:06:20 May I speak with you a moment, sir?
01:10:12 Elaine.
01:15:07 I'm allowing 12 Standing Rock Sioux to go with Cody again this fall.
01:19:54 who were taken by the white man's diseases.
01:25:42 since one man is as important as another here.
01:29:13 One I've come to question.
01:33:08 than any other Indian here.
01:36:42 I will not touch it to your black paper.
01:39:59 what is in the interest of these people?
01:44:49 Then tell me what to believe.
01:49:42 They took us to Wounded Knee Creek.
01:57:40 A succession of positions always seemed to end

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,220
Dialogue density9.8 lines / min
First line00:01:11
Final line01:57:40

Production Record

DirectorYves Simoneau
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes7,887