Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

She dreamed of justice and fought for it in a place called Wounded Knee.

Director: Frank Pierson

Producer: Fred Berner

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.

100 min Rating: 5/10 Released

Top Cast

Irene Bedard
Irene Bedard
Mary Crow Dog
Tantoo Cardinal
Tantoo Cardinal
Mary's Mother
Michael Horse
Michael Horse
Dennis Banks
Lawrence Bayne
Lawrence Bayne
Russel Means

Movie Info

Director: Frank Pierson

Producer: Fred Berner

Production Companies: TBS, Von Zerneck Sertner Films

Countries: United States of America

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