Sitting Bull

VHS

Sitting Bull / produced by Galafilm in association with History Television [and others] ; written and directed by Brian McKenna ; produced by Richard Elson, Arnie Gelbart.

McKenna, Brian, 1945- (Added Author). Elson, Richard. (Producer). Gelbart, Arnie. (Producer). Schellenberg, August. (Added Author). Heyerdahl, Christopher. (Added Author). Galafilm Inc. (Added Author). History Television. (Added Author). National Film Board of Canada. (Added Author). August Schellenberg, Christopher Heyerdahl. (Cast).

Summary:

In the years following the U.S. Civil War, a hard-fought Sioux resistance to western expansion, led by warrior and healer Sitting Bull, seemed to have accomplished the impossible: a treaty in which the United States gave the Sioux control of their territory for all time. The life and legacy of Sitting Bull, the remarkable Native leader that the U.S government regarded as a stubborn and dangerous obstacle.

Record details

Physical Description: 2 videocassettes (47 min. each) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Publisher: Montreal, Quebec : National Film Board of Canada, 2002.

Content descriptions

Creation/Production Credits Note:: Narrator, Raoul Trujillo ; editor, Alfonso Peccia ; director of photpgraphy, Stefan Nitoslawski ; music, Lance Neveu.
Participant or Performer Note:: August Schellenberg, Christopher Heyerdahl.

Participants: Ronald McNeil, Lucretia Grindle, Leonard Lethbridge, Lawrence Lethbridge, Ronald McNeil Jr., Wiyaka McNeil, Sam Tall.
System Details Note:: VHS format.