![]() ![]() That’s the case with many Indian children. ![]() They supplied her with nothing to take their place. “She lost contact with her family, her traditions and her tribe. “There’s a sequence (in the film) in which little Mary is being sent to a boarding school in which she is not allowed to speak her language,” he says. Making the film proved to be a learning experience for Pierson. “It was very important that I listen, hear and see as much as I could that was there and put it faithfully on screen.” “I felt very much I was trying to express a feeling that relates to what it feels like to live in that Indian culture within the language, the tradition, the habits and the way daily life is lived there,” he explains. “Lakota Woman” also is part of Turner Broadcasting Inc.’s company-wide Native American initiative this fall.ĭirector Frank Pierson, whose previous films have included the controversial TV movies “Citizen Cohn” and “Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture,” did not want to impose his own point of view. ![]() The crew is 44% Native American-the highest proportion of Native Americans ever to work behind the camera on a major film. “Lakota Woman,” produced by Jane Fonda’s Fonda Films, features virtually an all-Native American cast. Amid the protest unity and turmoil at Wounded Knee, Crow Dog gave birth to a son, Pedro. ![]()
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