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Thunderheart is a 1992 American Neo-Western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by John Fusco.The film is a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973, [2] when followers of the American Indian Movement seized the South Dakota town of Wounded Knee in protest against federal government policy regarding Native Americans.
Windwalker is a 1981 Western film directed by Kieth Merrill and written by Ray Goldrup, based on a novel by Blaine M. Yorgason.It stars Trevor Howard and Nick Ramus.The film is set in the pre-colonial Intermountain West, and focuses on the life of a Cheyenne man, who comes back to life to protect his family from Crow warriors and be reunited with his long-lost son.
The Mission is a 1986 British historical drama film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America. [4] Directed by Roland Joffé and written by Robert Bolt, the film stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi, and Liam Neeson.
Matt Zoller Seitz awarded the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, commenting, "the movie offers the most psychologically complex screen portrait of a Native American character in at least twenty years, probably more" and "those who have undergone such treatment will appreciate how accurately the film portrays the process, never simplifying anything, never ...
Joseph Bruchac (born October 16, 1942) is an American writer and storyteller based in New York.. He writes about Indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a particular focus on northeastern Native American lives and folklore.
A social media campaign led by Native Americans calls for a boycott of James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" over its appropriation of Indigenous culture.
Dreamkeeper is a 2003 film written by John Fusco and directed by Steve Barron.The main plot of the film is the conflict between a Lakota elder and storyteller named Pete Chasing Horse (August Schellenberg) and his Lakota grandson, Shane Chasing Horse (Eddie Spears).
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