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THE
RIDE TO WOUNDED KNEE
Directed and Written by Robert Clapsaddle
Produced by Carole Wolman
Narrated by:
Mark White Bull, Jim Swan, Nancy Clapsadle, Rick Afraid of Hawk,
Issac Dog Eagle and Joe Walker
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Winner
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Gold
Medal Award -
Feature
Documentary, Philadelphia Film Festival
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Winner
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Humbolt
International Film Festival |
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Sitting Bull's
spirit narrates this stirring record of a journey on horseback,
taken recently by a group of Lakota Indians (Sioux) across the
stark, snow-swept, -70° landscape of South Dakota.
This 250 mile spiritual quest retraces a ghostly trail taken a
hundred years ago by Lakota men, women and children to their death
at Wounded Knee. Striking images from the ride, from the Ghost
Dance, from the Seventh Cavalry - and interviews with the riders
and lakota elders, create a unique blend of the past and present -
told on film for the first time from the point of view of the
Lakota themselves.
90
minutes; Color
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"Cinematically
imaginative
strong docu
Impressionistic visual touches
heighten the events
editing and outdoor photography is
excellent."
- Variety |
"A
vivid and original moving presentation of the events surrounding the
massacre at Wounded Knee."
- Jeff Clark, Film Library Journal |
"True,
tragic and greatly important to our understanding of this chapter of
American history. It ought to be seen, pondered and held carefully
in the memory."
- N. Scott Momaday, Native American Pulitzer Prize Winning
Author |
"Fast
paced and engrossing
weaves many elements into a portrait of
both the Lakota past and their legacy
spirited and powerful".
- Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle |
"A
beautifully made, visually stunning film. It tells the story of this
tragic tale clearly and directly. The audience was visibly moved."
- The Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts |
"Spiritually
charged and imaginative".
- Howie Movshovitz, Denver Post |
"Fascinating
and affecting."
- Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer |
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