Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.609 |
Directed By
Frank Pierson
Crew
Frank Pierson
Mary Crow Dog
Fred Berner
Lois Bonfiglio
Toyomichi Kurita
Christopher Tufty
Richard Horowitz
Katina Zinner
Gene Hartline
Frank von Zerneck
Robert M. Sertner
Ka-Mook Nichols
Steven P. Saeta
TOP CAST
Irene Bedard
Mary Crow Dog
Charles Abourezk
Attorney
Tantoo Cardinal
Mary's Mother
Michael Horse
Dennis Banks
Lawrence Bayne
Russel Means
Michael Spears
Stat Man
Dean Norris
Red Arrow
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Mary's Grandfather
Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle
Old Man at HQ
August Schellenberg
Dick Wilson
Edgar Bear Runner
Reasonable Man
Casey Camp-Horinek
Aunt Elsie Flood
James Hatzell
Marshall
Nancy Parsons
Sister Mary Margaret
Joseph Runningfox
Leonard Crow Dog
Peter Weller
Uncredited
Eliza Morrison
Lizzie Fast Horse
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