Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Episode Number: 1 Season Num: 1 First Aired: Sunday May 27, 2007 Prod Code: n/a

An adaptation of the 1971 nonfiction bestseller of the same name, this HBO film captures a dramatic account of the early American West at the end of the 19th century. This tragic story of manifest destiny details the bloody fall of the American Indian as told through the eyes of three characters: Charles Eastman, Senator Henry Dawes, and Sitting Bull.

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Writer:	Dee Alexander Brown, Daniel Giat

Director:	Yves Simoneau

Star:	Aidan Quinn (Senator Henry Dawes), Adam Beach (Charles Eastman), August Schellenberg (Sitting Bull), Eric Schweig (Gall), J.K. Simmons (McLaughlin), Wes Studi (Wovoka), Colm Feore (William Tecumseh Sherman), Gordon Tootoosis (Chief Red Cloud), Anna Paquin (Elaine Goodale Eastman), Fred Dalton Thompson (President Ulysses S. Grant)

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The production was filmed on location in Calgary, Alberta Canada. (edit)

This film was nominated for 17 2007 Emmy Awards (the most for a single project that year), winning six of these including those for Cinematography, Editing and the Outstanding Made for Television Movie categories. (edit)