That’s why Hollywood is still saving Natives. Because they care. Want a recent example? What would've happened to poor ol’ Thunder Heart Woman if not for the kindly intervention of Jacob Wheeler in the 2005 miniseries, Into the West? Thank Gawwwd, Jacob cared. About her “plight.”
The miniseries Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, based on the book by Dee Brown, just completed filming and will air on HBO next year. It’s about the “plight” of Indians and boasts an all-star cast including August Schellenberg and Adam Beach. The star? Aidan Quinn.
Paleface to the rescue. Again.
I believe I scanned this ad from the LA Times's movie section. I don't know if it was ever an official poster. But it kind of says it all, I think. The Indian as the white man's burden...literally.
ReplyDeleteAny way you look at it, the movie was a huge disappointment. I still don't know why Nicholas Cage was even in the movie, and why was his character having a romance with a nurse?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately for the real code talkers they were cheated. This should have been their movie, their time to shine and in true Hollywood fashion this too was stolen from them.
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