Wounded Knee wins 6 Emmy's

[timmy tiger]

I've never seen the movie. A friend of mine has ordered a copy for me as a gift and for her. We are supposed to be getting together to watch it. Now, I'm wondering about it. I'll still watch it, but I will keep the rest of this in mind. But this is, again, the same stuff as Pocohontas, much of what you hear and are told is not what really happened and people add stuff just to get other peoples attention. Why can't people just tell the facts about history and not try to throw in stuff that they think that people would want to see.

[Ndnsoldierboy]

I only seen a few parts of the show on tv and didn't like what I saw...it was lame. I was expecting a movie on some of the chapters from the book.

[injunboy]

back in the day my mother was attending college and she brought this book home from the bookstore. it more or less sat on the bookshelf until i decided to read it. after reading the stories i felt entertained and having learned something. so i was hoping for some of that

after two, three attempts i decided this show wasnt for me. oh well huh?

[WhoMe]

I heard from Native critics that the writer is not Native. Here's a little info about him from the BMHAWN website:

"Daniel Giat (writer) is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the American Film Institute, where he received an MFA in screenwriting. He was nominated for both an Emmy® Award and Humanitas Award for writing HBO's "Path to War," the final film directed by John Frankenheimer."

In his interview, Daniel Giat said, "I had to go way beyond what was written in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee to tell this story. I had to read many other books, and by using those sources collectively, I was able to adapt the book, and tell a story that I believe Dee Brown would have been very proud of."

Hmmmm?

It has been insinuated by both Native and nonNative critics that Giat took many unnessary liberties in rewriting Dee Browns original book. Some of these liberties included adding a love story, adding Charles Eastman (Beach), adding Elaine Goodale Eastman (Paquin) and re-personifying Sitting Bull (Schellenburg) as less than honorable.

Thus in changing the book, he changed real history.

It's too bad that Indian made movies never get A-list backing or acclaim from mainstream contemporaries.

It's also too bad Native people did not win any awards in an Indian themed movie.....


again.

[Singing Eagle]

Did Sitting Bull really say "balls"?

juss kiddin'

If he did - that sure took some








guts!

LOL

[ntownn8ive]

Did Sitting Bull really say "balls"?











juss kiddin'

[Lakota_winyan]

I don't think it was written by a native..if it were they wouldn't have (hopefully) allowed all of those stereotypes in the movie..and I still don't like the scene where sitting bull was portrayed as hitting those young men...so in that way I was glad that august whatever didn't win anything..there were a lot young impressionable minds there and we have a white(wasicu) claiming to be part native playing the part..yeah yeah whatever...and yeah adam beach, or eddie spears or nathan shouldve got nominated for that scene where he is trying to go hunting in that corral...I don't think..I could ever watch this movie again..I personally didn't care if it won any emmy's at all..if our native actors/actress' weren't recognized for their talent..just goes to show you that even hollywood has its uppity standards...

[Singing Eagle]

Yup! But I see your crude point.

Hey that crude point scored me some green beads! LOL

[Singing Eagle]

why is it that every movie Adam and Eddie are in, they end up cryin', all sensitive and what not? Ayee!

LOL - it's to get girls!

[ntownn8ive]

why is it that every movie Adam and Eddie are in, they end up cryin', all sensitive and what not? Ayee!

[kiyaanii mom]

Better?

Yup! But I see your crude point.

[Singing Eagle]

Well I didn't mean to shoot the whole thing down - catching me on a rough day!

I am pleased to see an acknowledgement of this movie/story - it is important - I would have preferred that one of our own be the one to accept it.

Better?

[Nezbah]

LOL @ Kmom...... Well correct me if I am wrong, wasn't this written by a native?? And, there are alot of true Natives in this movie, which says more than having Richard Burton indian types. We have come a long way in the movie business. Personally I would want all Native personnel directing, producing, etc my books. But if Steven Speilberg or someone of that sort, Jerry Bruckenheimer, came along to offer to make a movie off a book I wrote.....shoot, I would not object to that. I think the writer of this book also had some say so in the production. Yeah it would have been nice to see Adam get a Emmy or something, his acting was really heartfelt in this movie. But hey, one day, one day...... Until then, he'll just be a poster on my ceiling.....ayeeee. Kidding.

[kiyaanii mom]

Now if Adam Beach was nominated or if August Schellenberg won then I'd be impressed. This is still another example of profiting off the backs of our people.

Another Dances with Wolves/Windtalkers to dazzle the non-ndn population with our tragic tales of mistreatment and heroism - but with a white person as the central figure.

LMAO! All the feel good posting and then this!!!! I think everyone was stunned and couldn't post again.

[Singing Eagle]

Now if Adam Beach was nominated or if August Schellenberg won then I'd be impressed. This is still another example of profiting off the backs of our people.

Another Dances with Wolves/Windtalkers to dazzle the non-ndn population with our tragic tales of mistreatment and heroism - but with a white person as the central figure.