Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Genre	Western Historical drama
Based on	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Written by	Daniel Giat
Directed by	Yves Simoneau
Starring	Aidan Quinn Adam Beach August Schellenberg Anna Paquin
Music by	George S. Clinton
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Dick Wolf Tom Thayer
Producer	Clara George
Production locations	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Cinematography	David Franco
Editors	Michael Brown Michael D. Ornstein
Running time	132 minutes
Production companies	Wolf Films Traveler's Rest Films
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	May 27, 2007 (2007-05-27)
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 2007 American Western historical drama television film based on the 1970 non-fiction book of the same name by Dee Brown. It is directed by Yves Simoneau and was produced by Wolf Films for HBO. It stars Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, Anna Paquin, Colm Feore, and Gordon Tootoosis.

The film dramatizes the history of Native Americans in the American West in the 1860s and 1870s, focusing upon the transition from traditional ways of living to living on reservations and their treatment during that period, through the lives of four main characters: Charles Eastman (Beach), Sitting Bull (Schellenberg), Henry L. Dawes (Quinn), and Red Cloud (Tootoosis). The title of the film and the book is taken from a line in the Stephen Vincent Benét poem "American Names."

The film premiered on HBO on May 27, 2007. It received positive reviews from critics, and won seven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie. It was also nominated for three Golden Globe Awards: Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film, Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Beach, and Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for Paquin.