Review of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

I had read the Dee Brown book several years ago and found it one of the most heartwrenching experiences. When I heard that it was going to be made into a film I was curious how it would be translated. It was a few years after its initial release that the opportunity presented itself. To say it was disappointing is an understatement. Instead of it being about the atrocities that befell the indigenous population it was a silly drama, with some historical tidbits thrown in periodically. It seemed like the white characters were getting more screen time than the natives. This was terrible. This was wasted opportunity to illustrate this horrible period of American history and the mass extinction of a race of people.