(Documentary film, 90 min, written & directed by Bettina Renner, produced by ma.ja.de.filmproduktions)
In 2010, I translated a short treatment
to this documentary film on the Lakota Sioux
Edward Two Two (1851 to 27 July 1914), who lies buried in the Neue Katholische Friedhof (New Catholic Cemetery) in
Dresden.
The film was screened in Vancouver, among
other places, where on 9 May 2013 Yolande Cole wrote the following in The Georgia Straight:
"The documentary Bury My Heart in
Dresden provides a captivating look at the Lakota Sioux people of South
Dakota. [...] Today, the community deals with issues including alcoholism and
violence. In one scene, a police officer for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
refers to the 'cultural genocide' that he says has left the community with just
this remote stretch of land. [...] In contrast to the current life of
the Lakota people is the depiction of the late Lakota Sioux man Edward Two Two. Two Two was employed to join a
'human zoo' in Hamburg, Germany, to portray the traditional way of life of the
Lakota people as part of a 'Wild West' show. He died and was buried in Dresden
in 1914. By switching between interviews with current residents of Pine
Ridge reservation and the historical accounts of Two Two, a compelling story
emerges of a man who felt more at home in a country where his traditional
culture was romanticized, than the 'conquered home' of his ancestors."
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