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BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
(2007)
Certification15
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This TV adaptation of a section of the classic book about the treatment of Native Americans by the all conquering Europeans centres on the struggles of the Lakota Sioux. The narrative follows Dr Charles Eastman, a young, western-educated 'civilised' Amerindian, Sitting Bull, the proud emasculated chief who refuses to submit to US government policies designed to strip his people of their land, a 'liberal' white teacher and Senator Henry Dawes, one of the men responsible for government policy on I
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CertificationPG
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Summer 1863; the Confederacy pushed north into Pennsylvania and Union divisions converged to face them, the two great armies would clash at Gettysburg, one of the bloodiest, some 50,000 lives were lost, battles in US history and a turning point in the Civil War. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge, the fate of "one nation, indivisible" hung in the balance. An epic recreation, superbly shot, with a wealth of Hollywood talent, a supporting cast o
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THE SECRET DIARIES OF MISS ANNE LISTER
(2010)
Certification15
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