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Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)

1h 40m | PG-13

⭐ 5 / 10

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.

Director: Frank Pierson

Studio: TBS

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Video: 720p

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Cast

Irene Bedard

Irene Bedard

as Mary Crow Dog

Charles Abourezk

Charles Abourezk

as Attorney

Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal

as Mary's Mother

Michael Horse

Michael Horse

as Dennis Banks

Lawrence Bayne

Lawrence Bayne

as Russel Means

Michael Spears

Michael Spears

as Stat Man